"How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or shrug! How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped With the imputation of proceeding from bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!"

-- Laurence Sterne

#Honesty Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Men Quotes

“You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.”
“My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine and he just crushed me and this was Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn where I still live, in Brooklyn, New York and this guy beat me so bad it wasn't even funny. I couldn't understand why he beat me.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury - or at least comfort - so there's a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.136, Spectra
“This moment will just be another story someday.”

Source : Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
“How do you prevent a little sociopath from becoming a big, full-blown sociopath? Sit on him.”

Source : John Rosemond (2007). “Parenting by the Book: Biblical Wisdom for Raising Your Child”, p.61, Simon and Schuster
“After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.”
“He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports.”
“Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.”

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