"If I had more time I would write a shorter letter."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Inspirational Quotes #Writing Quotes #Letters Quotes

“Greatness brings no profit to people. God indeed, when in anger, brings greater ruin to great mens houses.”
“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.”

Source : Octavius Winslow (1861). “The Precious Things of God”, p.154
“I feel my shows are like a late-night talk show that we settle down and do every night.”
“In a drop of rain can be seen the colors of the sun.”
“I have a letter from a police inspector, retired after some 30 years in rural Derbyshire, alerting me to the potential impact of a total ban on hunting on relationships between the police and the community in rural areas - a particularly significant consideration in current circumstances. Is it, I ask myself, sensible to divert valuable police time to enforce a ban on hunting when they are under so much pressure from violent crime?”
“When a scientist says something, his colleagues must ask themselves only whether it is true. When a politician says something, his colleagues must first of all ask, 'Why does he say it?”

Source : Leo Szilard (1961). “The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories”, p.53, Stanford University Press
“`Tis May, the elfish maiden, the daughter of the Spring, Upon whose birthday morning the birds delight to sing. They would not sing one note for you, if you should so command, Although you are a princess, a princess of the land.”

Source : Robert Fuller Murray, Andrew Lang (1894). “Robert F. Murray: His Poems”
“So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.”

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