"The most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: Those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, bu"

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Source : "The Revolt of the Masses". Book by José Ortega y Gasset, p. 15, 1929.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

#Adversity Quotes #Men Quotes #Class Quotes

“Well, my love,â€ said Alexia with prodigious daring to Lord Maccon, â€œshall we?â€ The earl started to move forward and then stopped abruptly and looked down at her, not moving at all. â€œAm I?â€ â€œAre you what?â€ She peeked up at him through her tangled hair, pretending confusion. There was no possible way she was going to make this easy for him. â€œYour love?â€ â€œWell, you are a werewolf, Scottish, naked, and covered in blood, and I am still holding your hand.â€ He sighed in evident relief. â€œGood. That is settled, then.”
“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
“I don't care how impossible it seems.”

Source : David Byrne, Frank Olinsky, Talking Heads (Musical group) (1987). “What the songs look like”, HarperCollins Publishers
“When a horror movie is well done, I love it and I put it up in esteem with any other genre.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Most people's major life changes don't come from reading an article in the newspaper; they come from reading longer-form essays or thoughtful books, which are much more convincing and detailed.”

Source : "I Hate the News" by Aaron Swartz, www.aaronsw.com. October 20, 2006.
“The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.”
“I kan noght parfitly my Paternoster as the preest it syngeth,But I kan rymes of Robyn Hood and Randolf Erl of Chestre.”

Source : William Langland (2015). “Piers Plowman”, p.59, Booklassic
“Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.”

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