"We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest."

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Source : Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1875). “The Intellectual Life”, p.324

Philip Gilbert Hamerton

#Summer Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Winter Quotes

“I had this feeling like the solution to everything would be down there if only I could dig through all those clouds.”
“I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.”
“I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw.”
“It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.”
“I might have speculated on my chances of going to Heaven; but candidly I did not care. I could not have wept if I had tried. I had no wish to review the evils of my past. But the past did seem to have been a bit wasted. The road to Hell may be paved with good intentions: the road to Heaven is paved with lost opportunities.”

Source : Apsley Cherry-Garrard (2013). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913”, p.238, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“In a best-selling book, 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs (reprinted nine times by 1935), a pair of consumer-advocate authors complained that American citizens had become test animals for chemical industries that were indifferent to their customers' well-being. The government, they added bitterly, was complicit.”

Source : Deborah Blum (2011). “The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York”, p.118, Penguin
“expectation isn't the same as desire”
“A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.”

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