"What subsists to-day by violence continues to-morrow by acquiescence and is perpetuated by tradition; till at last the hoary abuse shakes the gray hairs of antiquity at us, and gives it-self out as the wisdom of ages."

-- Edward Everett

#Hair Quotes #Self Quotes #Giving Quotes

“How much wrong have we done unintentionally, meaning the best”
“People have never lost what they think they have.”

Source : Ivy Compton-Burnett (1972). “Parents and children”
“we should contract our ideas of education, and expect no more from it than it is able to perform.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld (2001). “Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.330, Broadview Press
“Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.”
“Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible.”

Source : Rebecca Wells (2004). “Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: a novel”
“O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all by Thy grace To convince the whole race It knows nothing whatever about Thee.”

Source : Attributed, in Langford Reed 'Complete Limerick Book' (1924)
“You are less majestically neutral than cloaking your cowardice in principle.”
“I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face'.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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