"It is better to arouse envy than pity."

-- Publilius Syrus

#Writing Quotes #Envy Quotes #Pity Quotes

“I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.”
“A photographer's main instrument is his eyes. Strange as it may seem, many photographers choose to use the eyes of another photographer, past or present, instead of their own. Those photographers are blind.”
“It's a mysterious thing that a whole generation of young people can come up and see and understand things that previous generations weren't able to see or understand.”

Source : Interview with Simon Dasher, pitchfork.com. April 30, 2006.
“Dressing down is a crime against humanity.”

Source : Simon Doonan (2009). “Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“What would I do with starry crowns except to cast them at His feet?”
“Auntie Phyl's last months in the care home were extra pieces. Age is unnecessary. Some of us, like my mother, are fortunate enough to die swiftly and suddenly, in full possession of our faculties and our fate, but more and more of us will be condemned to linger, at the mercy of anxious or indifferent relatives, careless strangers, unwanted medical interventions, increasing debility, incontinence, memory loss. We live too long, but, like the sibyl hanging in her basket in the cave at Cumae, we find it hard to die.”
“The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.”
“Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese people.”

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