#alone

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#him #left #over #papers #room

It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other hand, there's the argument to wade in a stop slaughters in places like Bosnia and Kosovo and what we probably should have done in Rwanda. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#argument #bosnia #depends #done #hand

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#exploitation #law #made #misery #naked

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone. ↗

— Hermann Broch

#alone #always #hope #important #keeping

In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#alone #always #anything #difficult #guess

I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear. ↗

— Giuseppe Verdi

#alone #am #art #bear #emotion

I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well. ↗

— Jenna Bush

#along #because #dad #father #get

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone. ↗

— Laura Bush

#alone #book #books #into #lies

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone. ↗

— Albert Camus

#learning #lies #only #progress #real

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#anyone #art #attain #bring #end