"Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand."

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William Golding

#Laughter Quotes #Language Quotes

“I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.”
“During the games of the Circus, he had, imprudently or designedly, performed the manumission of a slave in the presence of the consul. The moment he was reminded that he had trespassed on the jurisdiction of another magistrate, he condemned himself to pay a fine of ten pounds of gold, and embraced this public occasion of declaring to the world that he was subject, like the rest of his fellow-citizens, to the laws, and even to the forms, of the republic.”
“There are two aspects of individual harmony: the harmony between body and soul, and the harmony between individuals. All the tragedy in the world, in the individual and in the multitude, comes from lack of harmony. And harmony is the best given by producing harmony in one's own life.”
“The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.”

Source : "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Robert P. Porter 1; Turner 1
“Until my Yoga practice became the great facilitator of all things in my life, the integration of career, purpose and motherhood felt like an unattainable dream.”
“A career is a portfolio of projects that teach you new skills, gain you new expertise, develop new capabilities, grow your colleague set, and constantly reinvent you as a brand.”
“To say that everything in the bible is to be believed , simply because it is found in that volume, is equally absurd and pernicious... To discard a portion of scripture is not necessarily to reject the truth, but may be the highest evidence that one can give of his love of truth.”
“Students deserve our care and concern on the grounds of principle, not personality.”

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