"We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty."

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Source : Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.18

Hugh Blair

#Sports Quotes #Pain Quotes #Cuckoos Quotes

“Perhaps we can come here together someday. By the way, you're a month older than the last time I saw you. Are you still too young to marry.”
“What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none.”
“Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.”
“The enthronement of Christ over the minds of men is steadily going forward. His kingdom embraces the princes in the realm of mind. It embraces the nations of highest civilization. They are all beneath the cross. It is maintained by simple authority. Other mental monarchs rule by logic; Christ's word is law--it is satisfying to His subjects. His truth in the hands of His disciples, like the bread He broke upon the mountains, is an ample supply for the millions that gather at His table.”
“See you told me I would lose but I won. I might cop a million Jimmy Choos just for fun.”
“My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail.”
“I am sick of the girl who cries 'wolf' all the time. Even though not one of those cries was ever a false alarm”
“'New' movies are almost always hipper, faster, they mix genres aggressively, they smother their genre origins in new form, there are fewer of them, and they tend to cost a lot more money because you usually make more money on the megahit than you do on the steady progression of break-eveners. Except for the horror movie.”

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