"In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil."

-- Nicolas Chamfort

#Men Quotes #Evil Quotes #Forgiving Quotes

“Youâ€™re crying.â€ â€œIâ€™m not.â€ â€œRight,â€ he said mildly. â€œI suppose you got rained on.”
“I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.”
“The barrier has begun to yield.”

Source : John Herschel (2014). “Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews”, p.550, Cambridge University Press
“I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.”

Source : Bryan Waller Procter, “The Sea”
“With Russia, it is almost similar to China: people there have had it up to here with the West! The Russian people suffered immensely from Western imperialism.”
“It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it, and becomes trustworthy as you trust it.”
“I desire to know wherefore I am banished?”
“The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.”

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