"Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise."

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Source : Thomas Kyd, ANON ANON, John Ford, John Webster (2014). “Four Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy, 'Tis Pity She's A Whore and The White Devil”, p.554, A&C Black

John Webster

#Wise Quotes #Fate Quotes #Men Quotes

“Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.”
“I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer.”
“We can learn to be the catalysts for our own change.”
“But while capitalism may be a convenient scapegoat, it didÂ notÂ cause any of these problems. Indeed, whatever one wishes to call the unruly mixture of freedom and government controls that made up our economic and political system during the last three decades, one cannot call it capitalism.”
“What is the meaning of life?" This question has no answer except in the history of how it came to be asked. There is no answer because words have meaning, not life or persons or the universe itself. Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe.”
“He[ Italo Calvino] always said it would be impossible to try to make films out of his books, though he hoped it would happen because that's where the money was.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]”
“The less there is of a phone, the more I like it.”

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