"Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as packs."

-- Plutarch

#Lying Quotes #Speech Quotes #Figures Quotes

“One of the best ways to seed an opportunity is to allow someone to discover the opportunity for him- or herself.”
“The only real form of pollution is people. Any ecological system which does not include the reduction or stopping of growth of the population is eyewash”
“I mean the Internet is like the luckiest thing - we have everything at our fingertips right now.”
“I felt it very moving to feel his touch, and to remember that hands can also show love.”
“I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his church. His followers choose to attribute all of their good fortune to him, but when he ignores their pleas or leaves them to suffer, they say only that he ignores their pleas or leaves them to suffer, they say only that he is beyond their understanding and abandon themselves to his will. What kind of god is that?”
“Sleep deprivation is the most common brain impairment.”

Source : William C. Dement, Christopher C. Vaughan (2000). “The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep”, Dell Books
“In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.”
“A virtue of the free enterprise system is that it offers every individual the greatest opportunity for self expression.”

Source : Lawrence Fertig (1961). “Prosperity through freedom”

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