"And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest."

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Thomas Gray

#Truth Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Fairy Quotes

“I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me.”
“From Lehi's vision we learn that we must take hold of this safety railing-this iron rod, found alongside our individual straight and narrow path-and hold tight until we reach our ultimate goal of eternal life with our Heavenly Father. Nephi promises that those who hold fast to the iron rod"would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction"”
“Once you learn to read the land, I have no fear of what you will do to it, or with it. And I know many pleasant things it will do to you.”
“Freedom is neither a legal invention nor a philosophical conquest, the cherished possession of civilizations more valid than others because they alone have been able to create or preserve it. It is the outcome of an objective relationship between the individual and the space he occupies, between the consumer and the resources at his disposal.”

Source : Claude Levi-Strauss (2012). “Tristes Tropiques”, p.145, Penguin
“The Bible says, Be anxious for nothing, and that is a commandment! I took up a battle in this area, fought my way through and avoided having to be anxious! You can agonize over something for ages and plague yourself and those around you. It's much better to fight your way through as soon as it comes up.”
“Iâ€™m not a prophet. Iâ€™m a destiny-changer. Itâ€™s all right to prophesy, but the best thing to do is change things, if youâ€™ve got the power.”
“I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before.”
“I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten.”

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