#tribute

When EVIL men make bad laws, righteous men disobey them." Pastor Butch Paugh ↗

— Tarrin P. Lupo

#misattributed #men

I've always looked on criticism as a sort of envious tribute. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#envy #jealousy #the-beautiful-and-damned #tribute #beauty

[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing. ↗

— Aristophanes

#attributes #barter #character #demagoguery #government

Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#misattributed #misattributed-to-poe #poe-singer #heart

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is very tired, hurt and bewildered. ↗

— Clara Bow

#sex-symbol #hurt

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read. ↗

— Mark Twain

#attributed-no-source #literacy #read

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#misattributed #tenacity #end

If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#best #worst #hell

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#misattributed #darkness

There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#lies #lying #statistics #truth #truth