"Sexual pessimism and hostility toward the pleasures of the flesh are a legacy from the ancient world which Christianity has preserved in a special measure to this day."

-- Uta Ranke-Heinemann

#Special Quotes #Legacy Quotes #World Quotes

“No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.”
“Just be honest and true to yourself. If your friends around you love you, they'll wish you the best and want only what's going to make you happy.”
“It Hurts...It Kills...It Teaches... It Thrills...â€œITâ€ Is LIFE...!”

Source : Sujit Lalwani (2014). “Life Simplified!: Simplifying Lives Globally...”, p.13, Partridge Publishing
“An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.”
“Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations. Workers who sustain the operations of those corporations commonly are not drawn from one religious community.”
“My wife always tells people, 'He's not going to be able run to for anything because I'm not going to let him start a campaign.”
“The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.”
“I like to wake up each morning felling a new man.”

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