"The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day"

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Source : "Changes". Poem by Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, published in John Bartlett "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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“When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.”

Source : Elna Baker (2009). “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir”, p.62, Penguin
“There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.”
“Men are but children of a larger growth.”
“I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.”
“In a way. Magic is the act of making a wish come about. Like praying, like plotting, like herbs, like exerting your will on the world, making something happen.”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2013). “The Lady of the Rivers”, p.225, Simon and Schuster
“I dress like an old woman in my real life. If you're having conversations with people, you don't want them to remember you as the girl with the tits, You want them to pay attention to what you're saying”
“First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as the 'benefactor' of mankind. Since his new benevolence has a practical foundation, that the left hand should not know what the right hand giveth; no, whether he likes it or not, he must reconcile himself to letting as many people as possible know how deeply he feels the sufferings of the masses and all the sacrifices that he himself is making to combat them.”
“The shuttle is the worst $20 you'll ever save. It adds 90 minutes to whatever a Town Car or cab would have been. You have the unenviable choice between being dropped off last or being dropped off first and having a bunch of losers who can't afford cab fare and have no friends or loved ones with cars knowing exactly where you live.”

Source : "In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-aged White Guy". Book by Adam Carolla, edition.cnn.com. 2010.

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