"Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake."

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Source : 'The Constant Couple' (1699) act 5, sc. 3.

George Farquhar

#Teacher Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Sake Quotes

“The head does not know how to play the part of the heart for long.”
“I'm not against sentimentality. I think you need it. I mean, I don't think you get a true picture of people without it in writing... It's a kind of poetry, it's an emotional poetry, and, to bring it back to the literary scene, I don't think anything is true that doesn't have it, that doesn't have poetry in it.”

Source : Nelson Algren (1999). “The Man with the Golden Arm”, p.415, Seven Stories Press
“I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change.”
“To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless. Love is willing to completely give up your life for someone, to make sacrifices and put them first.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The standard of beauty is not definite. We define it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Shamcey Supsup from Apr 10, 2011
“must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.”

Source : Thomas Reid (1827). “Essays on the powers of the human mind: An essay on quantity. An analysis of Aristotl's logic”, p.441
“I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.”

Source : Store Days: Documents from the Store (1961)
“You can open to the idea that whatever happened to you in the past eventually turned out or will turn out to be a benefit to you.”

Source : Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.40, BookBaby

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