"Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?"

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Source : Algernon Sidney (1698). “Discourses Concerning Government, by Algernon Sidney ... Published from an Original Manuscript of the Author”, p.9

Algernon Sidney

#Hurt Quotes #Shoes Quotes #Makers Quotes

“The reason the very concept of God has become at once so impoverished, so thoroughly mythical, and ultimately so incredible for so many modern persons is not because of all the interesting things we have learned over the past few centuries, but because of all the vital things we have forgotten.”
“â€Ž"Magic is the first and last religion of the world. It has the power to make us whole, to open our eyes to the Dominions and return us to ourselves. Everything that isn't us is also ourselves. We're joined to everything that was, is and will be. From one end of the Imajica to another. From the tiniest mote dancing over this flame to the Godhead Itself.”
“The more money you give to people the better; and the less advice.”
“I want to live forever! I want to learn how to fly high!”
“But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am really fascinated by human beings, fascinated! One thing I loved about living in New York was that I could sit on my stoop and just watch life happen. It was better than any kind of reality television - way more entertaining and enlightening.”
“Write on a subject you love. Your profit center should also be your passion center.”

Source : Dan Poynter (2000). “The Self-publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, and Sell Your Own Book”, Para Publishing
“But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.”

Source : Barry Webster (2005). “The Sound of All Flesh”, p.14, The Porcupine's Quill

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