"â€¦a cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed..."

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Source : Sharon Kay Penman (2010). “When Christ and His Saints Slept”, p.89, Macmillan

Sharon Kay Penman

#Views Quotes #Cynic Quotes #Mankind Quotes

“All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.”
“Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.”
“. . . well publicized facts are always the bane to the mind controllers.”
“That utterance of Jesus, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's," is one of the most revolutionary and history-making utterances that ever fell from those lips divine. That utterance, once and for all, marked the divorcement of church and state. It marked a new era for the creeds and deeds of men.”
“The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it by the insensitive.”

Source : Jan Tschichold, Robert Bringhurst, Hajo Hadeler (1991). “The form of the book: essays on the morality of good design”, Hartley & Marks Publishers
“You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.”
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”
“My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?”

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