"The fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions of words and clothing. God save the King is a tune composed by Lully for a chorus in a play by Racine."

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Honore de Balzac

#Fashion Quotes #Kings Quotes #Play Quotes

“Reforms often fail because politics favors symbols over substance.”
“And what I have, what I am, is enough, was always enough for me, and as far as my dear little sweet little future is concerned I have no qualms, I have a good time coming.”
“Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it.”
“A wedding is not house-keeping.”
“A woman with confidence is hypnotic. A smile is mesmerizing. Presence, openness, a sense of humorâ€”these are all things that make a woman attractive. Weâ€™ve all experienced the presence of someone who walks in and lights up a room. Itâ€™s never about their looks but about their energy. Allow yourself to light up the room by being your beautiful self.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jessica Ortner from May 08, 2014
“...with a grief no less sharp for not being intimate with its object.”
“...it is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.33, Ballantine Books
“Anarchists are extreme libertarian socialists , "libertarian" meaning the demand for freedom from prohibition, and "socialist" meaning the demand for social equality . ...Complete freedom implies equality, since if there are rich and poor, the poor cannot be permitted to take liberties with riches. Complete equality implies freedom, since those who suffer restrictions cannot be the equals of those who impose them.”

Source : Donald Rooum (2016). “What is Anarchism?: An Introduction”, p.25, PM Press

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