"It is a very common failing, never to be pleased with our fortune nor displeased with our character."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Failure Quotes #Character Quotes #Common Quotes

“Without madness what is man But a wholesome beast, Postponed corpse that begets?”
“I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own.”
“A father is a reality-concealing machine, a machine for dishing up lies to kids, and that isn't even the worst of it: secretly he believes that he represents reality.”
“So we took out those 3 root canals when she had 3-6 months to live. And that was 6 years ago, and she is still alive today, and MRI can't find the tumour anymore. It went away.”
“She makes my old pick-up truck feel like a limousine.”

Source : Song: She's Got Everything Money Can't Buy, Album: What Livin's All About
“Attitude and personality are as important as experience and ability.”
“When people look you in the eye and call you stupid, dont look away, but tell them that half of the world is stupid and they are one of them because they are dening their own stupidity.”
“Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.”

Source : George Jean Nathan (1972). “The World in Falseface”, p.3, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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