"When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower."

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Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.46, Delphi Classics

Lytton Strachey

#Flower Quotes #Maturity Quotes #Government Quotes

“Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order.”
“I'm a good solid family man. I don't say I'm a good solid man.”

Source : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
“I do not deny I brought most of my notoriety on myself, nor do I apologize for it.”
“The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best in A-ball.”
“A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”
“It seems as if when you try to do just one thing and nothing but, you can't do it at all. You do everything better if there's more than one thing.”

Source : Nancy Hale (1988). “The Prodigal Women”, Plume
“It was so easy to play tennis, so easy.”

Source : "Nasdaq 100-Open". Interview with Bud Collins, Butch Buchholz, www.asapsports.com. March 31, 2006.
“Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more bones than you started with.”

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