"Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions."

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Source : Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth (1796). “The letters of Pliny the consul:: with occasional remarks”, p.20

Pliny the Younger

#Our Actions Quotes #Glory Quotes #Motive Quotes

“You never know what'll happen in politics.”
“I did 12 years with nuns, you know. So I came out of it going, like, 'I think Jesus is all right.' The rest of it I think stinks to the high heavens.”
“Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.”

Source : "Ludwig Edward Boltzmann" by S. Rajasekar, September 7, 2006.
“The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: 'Sopa de pichn' [pigeon soup] and 'Paella'. If you think that all songs about food are double entendres for sex... Well, maybe all songs about food can be double entendres, but in many periods of Cuban history, for many people, food has been harder to get, and the subject of more fantasies, than sex.”
“But most hearts say, I want, I want, I want, I want. My heart is more duplicitous, though no twin as I once thought. It says, I want, I don't want, I want, and then a pause. It forces me to listen...”
“Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.' Tell this to everyone - 'Have no fear.'”
“Grumbling is the death of love”
“Information overload is a symptom of our desire to not focus on what's important. It is a choice.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 7, 2016

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