"Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave."

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Source : Simon Bolivar's final proclamation to the people of Colombia (December 8, 1830) as quoted in Thomas Rourke "Man of Glory: Simon Bolivar", 1939.

Simon Bolivar

#Wish Quotes #Unions Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“I've faced worse than a dressmaker who breaths fire.”

Source : Jessica Day George (2012). “Dragonskin Slippers”, p.121, A&C Black
“I certainly went to New York because I was searching. Most people who go to New York are searching.”
“I don't feel isolated on a film set. In a way you do because you don't really mix with the outside world; you're just sort of working non-stop for a few months, but you've got so many people around you.”
“Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.”
“I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.”
“I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by what we are, opposed to what we want.”
“Not a single thought managed to take shape in her mind: for the likeness of this day to the last seemed to her the clearest proof that it would be another quite useless day, a day she would gladly have done without. For a moment she thought that a day like this would be pointless for anyone on earth, then abruptly changed her mind as she realised that thousands of women, after a hard week's work, or a family quarrel, or even just after catching a cold, would envy her just for having the leisure to rest in comfort.”
“Then be sure of one thing: The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have. The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.”

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