"Cunning is neither the consequence of sense, nor does it give sense. A proof that it is not sense, is that cunning people never imagine that others can see through them. It is the consequence of weakness."

-- Horace Walpole

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“I've been in scenarios as an actor where you have to manufacture an emotion that's not really there, but it wasn't hard with Halle because she's a great person and very beautiful, so it ain't a tough job at the end of the day.”
“Show me a congenital eavesdropper with the instincts of a Peeping Tom and I will show you the making of a dramatist.”
“Everyone brings their own perceptions when reading a book about a real person. At the end they will take away whatever they wish.”
“This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.”
“It's customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.”

Source : "The Manipulator" by Jane Mayer, www.newyorker.com. June 7, 2004.
“You know, in the suburbs, most people believe in gravity, but they don't have much of a sense of humor.”
“In those things toward which we exerted our best endeavors we succeeded.”

Source : George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.17, Lulu.com
“A life is a moment in season. A life is one snowfall. A life is one autumn day. A life is the delicate, rapid edge of a closing door's shadow. A life is a brief movement of arms and of legs.”

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