"Reserve is the truest expression of respect towards those who are its objects."

-- Thomas de Quincey

#Expression Quotes #Truest Quotes

“For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.”
“Now it's a war on women; tomorrow it's going to be a war on left-handed Irishmen or something like that.”

Source : "Paul Ryan Mocks ‘War On Women’ At Private Fundraiser". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.
“Being able to find a compromise is about being brave and serving France.”
“I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.”
“You've got a million ways to make me laugh”
“Morality's not practical. Morality's a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books.”

Source : "A Man For All Seasons". Play by Robert Bolt, 1960.
“And now, at last, gaiaphage and Nemesis stood facing each other. â€œWhy didnâ€™t you just . . . fade?â€ Gaia demanded plaintively. â€œYou hit me,â€ Nemesis said. It was a little boyâ€™s voice coming from Caineâ€™s mouth. â€œAnd thatâ€™s not okay.”
“That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.”

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