"Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

#Men Quotes #Temples Quotes #World Quotes

“Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough”
“Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.”
“If women understand by emancipation the adoption of the masculine role then we are lost indeed.”
“I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow?”
“It isn't possible to love and to part.”
“Murray sounds like a blindfolded man riding a unicycle on the rim of the pit of doom, the men actually facing the danger are all so taciturn that you might as well try interviewing the cars themselves.”
“When we lose people we love, we should never disturb their souls, whether living or dead. Instead. we should find consolation in an object that reminds you of them, something...I don't know...even an earring”
“Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.”

Source : Xunzi (1994). “Xunzi: Books 7-16”, p.81, Stanford University Press

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