"It is pleasant to recall past troubles."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Past Quotes #Trouble Quotes #Pleasant Quotes

“Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurally.”
“Writing cannot be done in a state of desirelessness,”

Source : Janet Malcolm (2013). “The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes”, p.183, Vintage
“I'm not fashionable at all, and the fact that I manage to sell pictures without being fashionable is thanks to my gallery.”
“Perhaps nothing is entirely true, not even this.”

Source : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.48, Univ of Massachusetts Press
“I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.”
“There are two principles on which all men of intellectual integrity and good will can agree, as a 'basic minimum,' as a precondition of any discussion, co-operation or movement toward an intellectual Renaissance. . . . They are not axioms, but until a man has proved them to himself and has accepted them, he is not fit for an intellectual discussion. These two principles are: a. that emotions are not tools of cognition; b. that no man has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others.”
“Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like. I promise.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 27, 2013
“There is always room for at least two truths.”

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