"Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it..."

-- George Santayana

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“I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.”
“Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord to women equal power in the making, shaping and controlling of the circumstances of life.”
“Life is strange. Every so often a good man wins.”
“The most successful leader of all is the one who sees another picture not yet actualised”
“I think [the virtual choir] speaks well to a benevolent future for the Internet.”
“Some think that people come to a ball to do nothing but dance; whereas everyone knows that the real business of a ball is to look out for a wife, to look after a wife, or to look after someone else's wife...”

Source : 'Mr Facey Romford's Hounds' (1865) ch. 56
“I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.”

Source : "An independent Scotland could not pay welfare bill, says Iain Duncan Smith". www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2012.
“Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.”

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