Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm always turn sour

Quote by John Randolph

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I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if...

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if...

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my...

That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my...

Life is short and so is money

Life is short and so is money

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.

I find all this money a considerable burden

I find all this money a considerable burden

The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things...

The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things...

For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be...

For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than...

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

If I owe you a pound, I have a problem; but if I owe you...

It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to...

It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to...