"The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live."

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Source : "The Fable of the Bees". Book by Bernard Mandeville. Remark R, p. 245, 1732.

Bernard de Mandeville

#Opposites Quotes #Honor Quotes #Religion Quotes

“The sum of the parts equals less than the whole. Or the howl. Or the how. Or the hole.”

Source : Katy Lederer (2008). “The Heaven-sent Leaf: Poems”, Boa Editions
“I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.”
“Superficial goals lead to superficial results”
“No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.”
“I grew up Greenville. And I moved to Raleigh some years later.”
“Maybe when we were shooting in the school, I was feeling more like it. Every time I go back to a school for work, I always feel so huge. Everything seems so little. The lockers seem smaller than I remember and the length of the hallways seem shorter when you're a kid.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Conventions, like clichÃ©s, have a way of surviving their own usefulness.”
“â€ŽImprinting on someone is like... Like when you see her... Everything changes. All of a sudden, its not gravity holding you to the planet. It's her... Nothing else matters.”

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