"The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false."

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Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1890). “Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini”

Francesco Guicciardini

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“Whatever requires an undue amount of thought or trouble or involves a large expenditure of effort and causes our whole life to revolve, as it were, around solicitude for the flesh must be avoided by Christians.”
“She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of civility. His inner caveman came barreling out, grunting and pounding his chest and muttering unintelligible words.”
“The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.”

Source : Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”
“I always disagree, however, when people end up saying that we can only combat Communism, Fascism or what not if we develop an equal fanaticism. It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.”
“The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.”
“The people I choose to work with, I work with because I'm already impressed with them, you know?”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. September 30, 2004.
“One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.”

Source : Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.5, Penguin
“Bouncing in hoppy little circles like a demented Goth bunny.”

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