"Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best."

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Source : Pierre Charron (1707). “Of wisdom: Three books. Written originally in French, by the Sieur de Charron. With an account of the author. Made English by George Stanhope, ...”, p.149

Pierre Charron

#Mind Quotes #Hardship Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You know, I wrote short stories and things like that. And they liked them very much.”
“I have to warn you: I bet horses like a girl.”
“But I'm also a vegetarian so there's another factor I guess.”
“Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”
“The avenues in my neighborhood are Pride, Covetousness and Lust; the cross streets are Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. I live over on Sloth, and the style on our street is to avoid the other thoroughfares.”
“When you were a tadpole and I was a fish, in the PalÃ¦ozoic time And side by side in the sluggish tide, we sprawled in the ooze and slime.”
“Don’t call us people with disabilities… we have DIFFabilities!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.”

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