Guy de Maupassant
Novelist
"Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food"
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Respectable
23 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Emile Zola
Novelist
"Respectable people... What bastards!"
Henry Adams
Historian
"Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"While Trump keeps the spotlight on himself, the "respectable" Republican establishment chips away at government programs that benefit the general population."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Virtue has never been as respectable as money."
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"In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable."
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"No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature."
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"I'm so respectable I'm getting scared ... I must be doing something wrong."
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"I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen."
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"Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science."
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