"The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them."

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Source : "A Mother's Advice to Her Daughter". Book by Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, 1728.

Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

#Giving Quotes #Promise Quotes #Despair Quotes

“My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there.”
“I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.]”
“It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation.”

Source : Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 1982.
“Jeff Selingo is one of the most respected observers of American higher education...Not all will agree with his observations, conclusions, predictions and recommendations, but all will gain from this thoughtful, well-written, provocative volume. I highly recommend it.”
“Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism; you're talking about what rights are granted to what identities, under what laws, and all that is a big mix. Marriage is, among many other things, a formality to channel capital through a family. And that's why the big DOMA lawsuit was about paying too many taxes! "I wouldn't have had to pay all these taxes if Theodora had been Theo" - that was the big tagline. It's all about protecting assets.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness...”
“And she said 'Losing love is like a window in your heart, Everybody sees you're blown apart, Everybody feels the wind blow.'”

Source : Paul Simon (2011). “Lyrics 1964-2011”, p.181, Simon and Schuster
“The people that work with you should generally come up with their own initiatives.”

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