"No man is happy but by comparison."

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Source : Thomas Shadwell (1966). “The Virtuoso”, p.53, U of Nebraska Press

Thomas Shadwell

#Happiness Quotes #Men Quotes #Comparison Quotes

“I'm off to find my world, my dreams, Carve my niche, sew my seams, Remember, as I sail my streams- I'll love you all the way.”
“We believe that war is an inevitable consequence of the current global economic situation.”
“Heâ€™d pleasured Hera and a few thousand others, and when Hera learned about those thousand othersâ€¦heads had rolled.”
“There's a darkness that everyone must face, it wants to take what's good and fair and lay it all to waste. And that darkness covers everything in sight, until it meets a single point of light.”
“[Imeachable conduct is] misconduct by public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
“It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but many it not be truer to say that to be absolutely powerful a man must first corrupt himself?”
“I think it was the right time for me to retire because nowadays tennis is too incredibly fast and you can say that my style tennis went out of fashion.”
“Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.”

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