"With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin."

-- Lytton Strachey

#Latin Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes #Exception Quotes

“Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade”

Source : Jacqueline Carey (2011). “Kushiel's Dart”, p.210, Pan Macmillan
“I wake up in the morning and I feel like Iâ€™m missing something. I know that thereâ€™s something not right, and it takes me a while to remember what it is . . . then I remember. My best friend is gone. My only friend. It was silly of me to rely so much on one person.”
“In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.”
“There are two noble things in life: one to do charity and other to look after your body,”
“For my money, I'll bet on reason and humanistic kindness. Even if I am wrong I will have enjoyed my life, the existence of which is under little dispute.”
“We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.”
“We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead, My resources are otherwise engaged.”
“You can look at a slum or a peasant village, but it is only by entering into the world - by living in it -that you begin to understand what it is like to be powerless, to be like Christ.”

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