#prone

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others. ↗

— Sallust

#always #bad #good #kings #mistrust

Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking. ↗

— William Shatner

#amusing #everybody #i #i am #loud

I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#bad #fighting #i #many #poet

I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly I'm away from my family or doing a job I'm not enjoying. ↗

— David Thewlis

#because #course #death #depressed #depression

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky. ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

#blue #blue sky #build #clear #dam

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#before #i #i am #loneliness #me