#vic

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#temptations #vices #without

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#clings #element #exaggeration #great #great virtues

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#apt #become #make #men #them

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. ↗

— David Bailey

#best #ever #got #i #keep

I never did drugs and I can't really drink because I have zero tolerance for alcohol, so my vice became women. I was never faithful to most of them. ↗

— Scott Baio

#became #because #did #drink #faithful

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#also #been #demand #doubt #english

He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#faith #impressed #lacks #sound #who

If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#anybody #offer #right #seeks #sincere

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#deep #ending #final #had #helm

In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong. ↗

— Ed Balls

#bank #britain #civil #civil service #consensus