"Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom."

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Source : Taki, Taki Theodoracopulos (1984). “Princes, Playboys & High-Class Tarts”

Taki Theodoracopulos

#Laughter Quotes #Matter Quotes #Thrones Quotes

“That old man...had my division massacred at Gettysburg!”

Source : Richard F. Selcer, George E. Pickett (1995). “"Faithfully and forever your soldier": Gen. George E. Pickett, CSA”
“My mother used to tell me when I went somewhere, "Please leave your foolishness at home." But how could I do that? It was stuck on me.”
“Excuse the mess but we live here.”
“Paul commands the Church to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly when we meet together, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. It seems clear here that style is not the important issue as much as the depth of content.”
“I am nothing but a miserable, crushed worm, whom no one wants, whom no one loves, a useless creature with morning sickness, and abig belly, two rotten teeth, and a bad temper, a battered sense of dignity, and a love which nobody wants and which nearly drives me insane.”
“Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life”
“Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up...”
“To accept reality is only to encourage it.”

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