"Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Pride Quotes #Envy Quotes #Inspire Quotes

“No thought lives in your head rent-free.”
“A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like the beasts of the field, and don't know their own power. They would overcome us entirely if they did.”
“It would be unjust, and moreover Utopian, for Shakespeare to direct the shoemakers' union. But it would be equally disastrous forthe shoemakers' union to ignore Shakespeare.”
“Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.”
“You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.”
“That is why I have called feminism nihilism. It says that being a woman is nothing definite and that the duty of women is to advance that nothingness as a cause.”

Source : Harvey Claflin Mansfield (2007). “Manliness”, p.147, Yale University Press
“Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.”
“Does anyone smell roasting meat?' said Razo, 'Oh, wait, it's just Geric's face.”

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