"Il n'y a que deux sortes d'hommes: les uns justes, qui se croient peÂ cheurs; les autres peÂ cheurs, qui se croient justes. There are only two types of people: the virtuous who believe themselves to be sinners and the sinners who believe themselves to be virtuous."

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Blaise Pascal

#Believe Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes

“In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.”

Source : Charles Kendall Adams (1892). “Christopher Columbus: His Life and His Work”, New York : Dodd, Mead
“Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.”

Source : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1994). “Essential Turgenev”, p.741, Northwestern University Press
“[Apollo 7 was] an expedition of the mind, not of the heart.”
“Healthy children are more likely to attend school and are better able to learn. Healthy workers are more productive. More productive economies mean greater stability in developing countries and improved security in the West.”

Source : "The World Is Moving Forward Without Us" by Seth Berkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2009.
“It's hard to guess how smart the machines are, but a good rule of thumb is that they're always smarter than you think.”
“Although it wasn't that easy to do, it was wonderful working with John Wayne.”
“Break into Alton Towers! I wouldâ€¦ break into McDonalds. And I would kiss everyone. On the lipsâ€¦ before I left the world. I mean, man and female.”
“According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.”

Source : "Haydn, A Documentary Study". Book by Chandler Robbins Landon (p. 88), 1981.

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