"Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune."

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 289-93, De Institutione Oratoria, CCLX, 1922.

Quintilian

#Men Quotes #Sudden Change Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“For of all slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the meanest and basest, the most cruel and cowardly, of all others.”
“You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.”
“A mother's love is supposed to be unconditional. That you could give your child up, over their sexuality, is unthinkable.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.”
“Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To get butter, they must use guns; they have nothing else to use.”
“Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible.”

Source : "2b or not 2b?" by David Crystal, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2008.
“My father was absent and he was a hero to me.”
“There's so much negativity in the world and what you only need to hear is all the love. People try to say to me, 'I just heard someone say this or that about you,' and I just ignore it because it's irrelevant. Love is what makes the world go around, and that's all we need to focus on.”

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