"A sense of justice is a noble fancy."

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Source : Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.79

Esaias Tegner

#Justice Quotes #Noble Quotes #Fancy Quotes

“I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer's creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen”
“If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at a bed of flowers, you don't tear your hair out over what it means.”
“It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.”

Source : E.M. Forster (2012). “A Room with a View”, p.166, Courier Corporation
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”

Source : "The secrets of a peacemaker". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2009.
“The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.”
“There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.”
“For me, an actor is really, first and foremost, a person and an individual, more than they are an actor or a professional.”
“Oh, I do get lonely, yes.”

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