"The desert has a subtle and a cruel charm. She destroys while she enthralls."

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Source : Rosita Forbes (1921). “The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara”

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“Flattery makes fools of the best of us.”

Source : Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “A Death in The Life”, p.280, Open Road Media
“Quotation, like much better things, has its abuses. One may quote till one compiles. The ancient lawyers used to quote at the bar till they had stagnated their own cause.”
“We say no to a lot of things so we can invest an incredible amount of care on what we do.”
“I am inspired by so much. I am inspired by women, of course - beautiful women. I am also inspired by not so beautiful things in the world.”
“When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they donâ€™t at first recognize it for what it is.”
“Mansions once Knew their own masters, and laborious hinds, That had surviv'd the father, serv'd the son. Now the legitimate and rightful lord Is but a transient guest, newly arrived, And soon to be supplanted. He that saw His patrimonial timber cast its leaf, Sells the last scantling, and transfers the price To some shrewd sharper ere it buds again. Estates are landscapes, gazed upon awhile, Then advertised and auctioneer'd away.”
“Some people are more certain of everything than I am of anything.”
“Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.”

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