"Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect the public weal."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Luxury Quotes #Lifestyle Quotes #Individual Quotes

“Don't borrow money from a neighbor or a friend, but of a stranger where, paying for it you shall hear of it no more.”
“Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.”
“The things that make us alike are stronger and finer than the things that make us different.”

Source : "The excellent becomes the permanent".
“The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation.”
“I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.”
“Perhaps one reason that many working parents do not agitate for collective reform, such as more governmental or corporate child care, is that the parents fear, deep down, that to share responsibility for child rearing is to abdicate it.”

Source : Faye J. Crosby (1993). “Juggling: the unexpected advantages of balancing career and home for women and their families”, Touchstone
“If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesusâ€™ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.”
“Marian Head is a true student of Tao. Her insightful and persuasive 'Wu-Wei' approaches for personal transformation reach our hearts with open invitation to join the 'soft' revolution and harmonious agreement for all.”

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