#tolerable

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream. ↗

— Anatole France

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The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable. ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#blessing #even #every #evil #government

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#every #fashion #form #intolerable #months

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, the intolerable situation in our 21st century America. ↗

— Rafael Correa

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In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. ↗

— Brooks Atkinson

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