"There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense."

-- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#Addresses Quotes #Gains Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“Turn the lights down, the party just got wilder.”
“The Great Spirit is angry with all men that tell lies.”
“We don't really think that man is that immoral, we don't think that man of his own nature would run around...fighting wars and building napalm bombs...so maybe there's something else going on”
“I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because there's a different relationship with each of them.”
“As soon as the seal was clear of the water, it reared up and its skin slipped down to the sand. What had been a seal was a white-skinned boy”

Source : George Mackay Brown (1977). “Pictures in the cave”
“I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.”
“But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by.”
“Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th' only jewel he should wear.”

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