"From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left."

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

#Wall Quotes #Annoyed Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“If I gave my mother a knitted scarf she'd be worried I was wasting my time doing stupid stuff like knitting instead of school work. Presenting a homemade knitted object to my parents was actually like handing them a detailed backlog of my idleness.”
“God judges what we give by what we keep.”
“So if reality is all a spell, and you don't really want what you think you want... If you have no free will. You don't really know what you know. You don't really love who you only think you love. What do you have left to live for?”
“We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.”
“They give unconditional love and undying loyalty in return for regular meals and an occasional pat on the head.”

Source : Jon Winokur (1993). “Mondo Canine”, Plume
“Life is full of luck, like getting dealt a good hand, or simply by being in the right place at the right time. Some people get luck handed to them, a second chance, a save. It can happen heroically, or by a simple coincidence , but there are those who donâ€™t get luck on a shiny platter, who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, who donâ€™t get saved.”

Source : Jessica Sorensen (2013). “The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden”, p.4, Hachette UK
“Acting like you don't care is not letting it go.”

Source : Penelope Douglas (2014). “Bully: The Fall Away Series”, p.82, Penguin
“When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of succeeding.”

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