"One cannot always bestow all manner of things upon everybody. To refuse a request for just cause is as praiseworthy as to grant a request that is worthy. It is for this reason that the "no" of some people pleases more than the "yes" of others. A refusal accompanied by sweet words and a civil manner gives more satisfaction to a true heart than a favor given with bad grace."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Sweet Quotes #Heart Quotes #People Quotes

“The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings and just words, and stuff that I've written.”
“When the doctrine of repentance is fully understood then it is seen that repentance is all that ever needs to be taught for repentance means not only to stop doing those things which are wrong but to start doing those things which are right.”
“Thou shalt prove That beauty is no beauty without love.”

Source : Thomas Campion, Joan Hart (1976). “Ayres & observations: selected poems of Thomas Campion”, Carcanet Pr
“If you're looking for something to be brave about, consider fine arts.”
“Who was it said that you never get to a place until a day after you come, nor leave it until a day after you go?”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (1911). “Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett”
“... we should be miserable but for the consciousness that we have done all in our power to help forward every measure for the freedom and equality of the races and the sexes.”
“There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters.”
“Finding mechanisms for putting carbon back into landscapes enhances biodiversity. More biodiverse ecosystems store more carbon, more securely and are more resilient to the impacts of climate change.”

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