"Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

-- Aesop

#Reality Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Substance Quotes

“True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.”
“It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.”
“No matter what I put out, no matter what genre - because I feel like I'm going to experiment with everything - I hope people will see that it's true to me, that it's honest, and nobody ever thinks that I'm inauthentic.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.”
“I'm not homophobic. I'm not scared of my house.”

Source : Peter Kay (2009). “The Sound of Laughter”, p.135, Random House
“I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the low ambition to have it said that he striven to ameliorate the condition of the poor, the lowly, the downtrodden of every race and language and color.'”

Source : Thaddeus Stevens (1997). “The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens, Volume 1: April 1865-August 1868”, p.524, University of Pittsburgh Pre
“Living with one woman is horrific.”

Source : "Software entrepreneur John McAfee flees Belize, calls Portland home, for now" by Allan Brettman, www.oregonlive.com. January 13, 2013.
“If we had some eggs we could have eggs and ham, if we had some ham.”

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