#intolerable

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

She found me intolerable. But she got to know me, and I wore her down. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

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

— Oscar Wilde

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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them. ↗

— Saint Basil

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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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Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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That's the main reason I gave up my career after John was born and I was pregnant with Andrew. I could not handle going away day after day. The thought of going away before they got up and coming back after they were in bed was intolerable. ↗

— Louise Fletcher

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I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

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You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#different #different people #different ways #differently #going