"The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human."

-- Victor Hugo

#Nature Quotes #Men Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Well, if you can't then write in the press or put on television the importance of parents changing what they're doing, then the safe way out is to say, "Look, learning disabilities is probably genes. ADHD, probably genes." And that is the political alternative to not blaming the victim.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“When He [God] talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamour of self-will; once they have done that, He really gives them back all their personality, and boasts (I am afraid, sincerely) that when they are wholly His they will be more themselves than ever.”
“It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.”
“Faction is the greatest evil and the most common danger. "Faction" is the conventional English translation of the Greek stasis, one of the most remarkable words to be found in any language.”

Source : "Democracy Ancient And Modern". Book by Moses Finley (Second Edition). Chapter 2, Athenian Demagogues, p. 44, 1985.
“I can't believe how lucky I am.”
“I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.”
“We waste our best years in distilling the sweetest flowers of life into potions which, after all, do not immortalize, but only intoxicate.”
“The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.”

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