"It is base to take advantage of our rank or greatness by making fun of those placed beneath us in life."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Life Quotes #Fun Quotes #Greatness Quotes

“We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free.”

Source : Statement before the Battle of Stirling Bridge on September 11, 1297. "History of Scotland". by Patrick Fraser Tytler, p. 121, 1841.
“For in order for capitalism to work -- in order for it to produce a good and a stable society -- the traditional Christian virtues are essential.”

Source : "At Houston lecture, Scalia explores Christian virtues and economic systems". www.houstonchronicle.com. September 6, 2013.
“Two autumns and I have not changed enough.”
“I have tried to improve telescopes and practiced continually to see with them. These instruments have play'd me so many tricks that I have at last found them out in many of their humours.”

Source : "The Herschel Chronicle: the Life-story of William Herschel and his Sister". Book by Constance Anne Lubbock, Caroline Herschel, 102, 1933.
“Meditating together is the best way to feel the collectivity.”
“We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the life we wish to lead.”

Source : Marlo Morgan (1991). “Mutant message down under”, Bookpeople
“If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.”
“Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.”

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