"O my offense is rank, it smells to heaven."

-- Claudius

#Smell Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Offense Quotes

“In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
“Death, when it's right there it doesn't seem too huge and terrible to let into your mind.”

Source : Rosie Thomas (2016). “Iris and Ruby: A Novel”, p.114, The Overlook Press
“Strangely enough I like the kind to which I belong: people.”

Source : Heinrich Böll (1965). “The clown”, Avon Books
“I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known. I believe in self-reliance and individual initiative and risk-takers being rewarded. But I also believe that everybody should have a fair shot and everybody should do their fair share and everybody should play by the same rules, because that's how our economy's grown. That's how we built the world's greatest middle class.”
“Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.”
“There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.”
“Unlicensed illegal immigrants drive on our roads and interstates without insurance, and there is little that our law enforcement officials can do to stop them.”
“Television's very much a writer's medium, as it probably should be, but if you're not the writer, then as the performer, you defer to that. It's just kind of how it's constructed. Is there some leeway? Yeah. But I also don't want to come across as a jerk.”

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