"God help us! it is a foolish little thing, this human life, at the best; and it is half ridiculous and half pitiful to see what importance we ascribe to it, and to its little ornaments and distinctions."

-- Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

#Life Quotes #Ornaments Quotes #Half Quotes

“To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.”
“It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.”
“Hurry always empties a soul.”
“We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives.”
“I was definitely never a crowd pleaser.”
“Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.”
“Nobody is trying to save energy. We're trying to shift our use of fuel. Forget saving energy; if we get the right kind of energy, there are endless amounts.”
“I'm a very outgoing guy when it comes to music and I like all kinds of sounds of music and genres of music.”

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