"If someone remarks "What an excellent man you are!" and this pleases you more than his saying, "What a bad man you are!" know that you are still a bad man."

-- Sufyan al-Thawri

#Wisdom Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Men Quotes

“I'm developed as an artist to accept the fact there are different points of view, but I believe in what I do and I have to stay with that.”
“When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself.”
“[Samuel] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth!”
“Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.”
“I've always described my taste in fashion and music as being very eclectic and uniquely based off my feelings that day. That's the wonderful thing about style. You can be whatever you want to be. You can describe yourself however you want to describe yourself.”
“Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.”

Source : John Gay, Nathaniel Cotton, Edward Moore (1826). “Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives”, p.20
“We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.”
“After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The belief is now that everything - and everyone - is fair game.”

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