"The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others."

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#Demand Quotes #Dignity Quotes #Individual Quotes

“All history shows that, in exact proportion as nations advance in civilisation, the accounts of miracles taking place among them become rarer and rarer, until at last they entirely cease.”
“Israel is the only place on earth where Jews have the possibility to shape public life according to their own traditional ideals.”
“The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.”
“Evie wanted to cry. From fear. From exhaustion, yes. But mostly from the cruel uselessness, the damned stupid arbitrariness of it all.”
“It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins.”

Source : The Toronto Daily Star, August 5, 1936.
“Well, I always did want to go out in a Braveheart kind of way. I'll just have to think of something cool to yell before they cut my head off.”

Source : Jennifer Armintrout (2007). “Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes”, p.303, MIRA
“Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy.”
“Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.”

Source : Alice Hoffman (2003). “Practical Magic”, p.162, Penguin

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