"Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon."

-- Robert Graves

#Truth Quotes #Marathon Quotes

“Rearing three children is like growing a cactus, a gardenia, and a tubful of impatiens. Each needs varying amounts of water, sunlight and pruning. Were I to be absolutely fair, I would have to treat each child as if he or she were absolutely identical to the other siblings, and there would be no profit for anyone in that.”
“Kids take up all available time - it's the basic law of parenthood. No matter how much time you give them, whether you work from eight to eight or are around the house all the time, you'll still feel you haven't been there enough for them.”
“In love, what a woman mistakes for disgust is actually clearsightedness. If she does not admire a man, she scorns him.”
“Does the weight of consequence drag you down until it pulls you under?”
“As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when it will be almost as difficult to learn anything from books as from the direct study of the whole universe. It will be almost as convenient to search for some bit of truth concealed in nature as it will be to find it hidden away in an immense multitude of bound volumes.”
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”

Source : Langston Hughes, Dolan Hubbard (2003). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes”
“I think there's a difference between God and religion.”
“The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is likely to make them even poorer in the â€“ not so very â€“ long run.”

Source : "Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department". Book by Dean Acheson, 1969.

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