"For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room."

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Source : Abraham Cowley (1779). “The Poems of Cowley”, p.113

Abraham Cowley

#Home Quotes #World Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“If I fail, at least I will have failed my way.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Our contradictions. We are in such a hurry to grow up, and then we long for our lost childhood. We make ourselves ill earning money, and then spend all our money on getting well again. We think so much about the future that we neglect the present, and thus experience neither the present nor the future. We live as if we were never going to die, and die as if we had never lived.”
“Yes, gentlemen, give me the map of any country, its configuration, its climate, its waters, its winds, and the whole of its physical geography; give me its natural productions, its flora, its zoology, &c., and I pledge myself to tell you, a priori, what will be the quality of man in history:-not accidentally, but necessarily; not at any particular epoch, but in all; in short, -what idea he is called to represent.”

Source : Victor Cousin (1832). “Introduction to the History of Philosophy”, p.240
“The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes.”

Source : "Neil Kinnock: 'This election is about now and the future'". Interview with David Hare, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2010.
“It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.”

Source : "Felicity Kendal appears to be living The Good Life as she strolls through London" by Karen Rockett, www.mirror.co.uk. July 9, 2016.
“When you learn conflict-resolution skills in the playroom, you then practice them on the playground, and that in turn stays with you. If you have a combative sibling or a physically intimidating, older sibling, you learn a lot about how to deal with situations like that later in life. If you're an older sibling and you have a younger sibling who needs mentoring or is afraid of the dark, you develop nurturing and empathic skills that you wouldn't otherwise have.”
“As I progressed further with my project, it became obvious that it was really unimportant where I chose to photograph. The particular place simply provided an excuse to produce work... you can only see what you are ready to see - what mirrors your mind at that particular time.”
“Ed Koch had the best line: if you agree with me nine out of twelve times, you should vote for me. If you agree with me twelve out of twelve times, you should find a psychiatrist.”

Source : Source: gawker.com

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