Curzio Malaparte Quotes

#1. There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English market, and not to sink the price of British corn to the price in the continental market.

Joseph Hume

#2. No one but a fool is always right.

David Hare

#3. The price of freedom is high - far higher than that of slavery. And it is not paid in gold, nor in blood, nor in the most noble sacrifices, but in cowardice, in prostitution, in treachery, and in everything that is rotten in the human soul.

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#4. Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training.

Christopher Walken

#5. What a man calls his 'conscience' is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.

Helen Rowland

#6. The American army," said the Prince of Candia, "has the sweet, warm smell of a blond woman."
"You're very kind," said Colonel Jack Hamilton.

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#7. If someone tells you a secret that doesn't belong to them, be sure that secret has been shared more than once.

Gabbo De La Parra

#8. Analysis paralysis occurs when you overthink and underwork.

Orrin Woodward

#9. If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

Ron Paul

#10. It falls to the lot of even the most glorious flags to be thrown in the mud. Glory, what men call glory, is often thick with mud.

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