![If they [the dead] should speak, it would be found that in matters of opinion no departed person was exactly what he had passed for in life. They would realise, deep down, that they, and whole nations along with them, are not really what they seem to be-and never can be.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-they-the-dead-should-speak-it-would-be-found-that-in-matters-of-opinion-no.jpg)
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departed platitudes mortals
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matter might novels
I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound.
matters solid
The only ranking that really matters to us is how we feel about this class, and we feel like we have another good, solid class. Dennis Franchione
matter means past until
The past means nothing. It really doesn't matter until you get out there and play.
matter past successful tomorrow
The past is the past, no matter how successful it's been. For me, it's only tomorrow that's interesting. Simon Cowell
matter mentality musician performer songwriter tried
The one mentality I've always tried to have is that no matter what stage in your career that you are in as a musician or a performer or a songwriter or whatever, there's always more to learn. Nick Jonas
matter natural superiors
Everything except God has some natural superior; everything except unformed matter has some natural inferior. C. S. Lewis
matter take-your-time
Stop and take your time to notice things and make those things you notice matter. Cecelia Ahern
matter three minutes
In three minutes, 98 percent of all the matter there is or will ever be has been produced. We have a universe Bill Bryson
matter orthodoxy may
Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence, no matter what orthodoxy it may be. Bertrand Russell
would-be understood
I've never understood what the upside of marriage would be for me personally. Arsenio Hall
would-be opinion easier
Some `advanced thinkers' are of the opinion that anyone who differs from the conventional opinion must be in the right. This is a delusion; if it were not, truth would be easier to come by than it is.
would-be faults seagull
If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
would-be want homework
Before I forget, here's your homework. Where do you want me to put it?" She pointed at the trash can. "Right there would be fine. Becca Fitzpatrick
would-be colony
What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial". Dave Barry
would-be jason patient
So we had psychiatrists and counselors and therapists around the set regularly, especially for those scenes in which Jason would be dealing with a patient to make sure we were doing it all appropriately. Alan Thicke
would-be flattery vain
flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery. Charlotte Bronte
would-be overwhelmed numb
That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy. Alanis Morissette
would-be film bigs
I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible. Chloe Sevigny