"India then being four-sided in plan, the side which looks to the Orient and that to the South, the Great Sea compasseth; that towards the Arctic is divided by the mountain chain of Hmdus from Scythia, inhabited by that tribe of Scythians who are called Sakai; and on the fourth side, turned towards the West, the Indus marks the boundary, the biggest or nearly so of all rivers after the Nile."

-- Megasthenes

#Sea Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.”
“Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, thereâ€™s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.”
“Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.”

Source : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons
“However, obviously Israel is a much smaller place in terms of population. There are only 6 million people in Israel, where there might be 6 million people in one city in America.”
“I find day after day of sunshine boring.”

Source : "Sarah Sanguin Carter: Esquire's Summer Hostess". Interview with Steve Ciccarelli, www.esquire.com. June 06, 2011.
“you don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.”

Source : FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 16, 2014
“Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class of courtiers. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are mostly courtiers. Our pundits and experts, at least those with prominent public platforms, are courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games, and the purpose behind it is deception.”
“Peace is self-control at its widest-at the width where the "self" has been lost, and interest has been transferred to coordinations wider than personality.”

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