"When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that."

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Source : William Kingdon Clifford (1879). “Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon Clifford”

William Kingdon Clifford

#Evil Quotes #Done Quotes #Fruit Quotes

“Expect the worst, and you won't be disappointed.”
“I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties.”
“I also visited several healing meetings... and became angry with what appeared to be the manipulation of people for the material gains of the faith healer... Dressing like sideshow barkers. Pushing people over and calling it the power of God. And money - they were always asking for more, leading people to believe that if they gave they would be healed...”
“I didn't want anyone getting close to me. I pushed people away. Built a wall around my heart to keep them out. I let one person take down the bricks, and I suppose it was a good idea, but, sometimes, he hurts me too. And it hurts so much worse then any other hurt I've felt because he is one of the very few that matter anymore.”
“What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.”
“You don't want to be hard to look at. Plain very good, hard to look at bad. The plain shall inherit the earth; time is our friend.”
“A national debt if it is not excessive will be to us a national blessing; it will be powerfull cement of our union. It will also create a necessity for keeping up taxation to a degree which without being oppressive, will be a spur to industry;”
“The more successful a political party, the more winning its ways, the less of its time is spent casting about for policy or determining it principles. But, political parties with principles or even without them, have a common need for money; someone has to pay for the television commercials.”

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