"I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust."

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Source : Siegfried Sassoon (1949). “The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston”

Siegfried Sassoon

#Believe Quotes #Party Quotes #Evil Quotes

“My decision on this matter is as certain and final as death and the staggering New Deal taxes.”
“Maturity brings - among other things - the ability to sustain and survive enormous contradictions and disappointments.”
“You're either selfish, or you're a servant...but fundamentally selfish people are terrible friends, terrible lovers, terrible spouses, terrible Christians, terrible parents. They leave a terrible legacy. Will you be selfish? Will you be a servant?...A good marriage is a servant and a servant.”
“Too many students who are technically quite far advanced do not properly interpret the technically less difficult pieces they play, because they regard them as beneath serious consideration. This is a fundamental error in musical taste and judgment.”

Source : Leopold Auer (1960). “Violin Playing as I Teach it”, p.69, Courier Corporation
“Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.”
“Every time we hold our tongues instead of returning the sharp retort, show patience with another's faults, show a little more love and kindness, we are helping to stock-pile more of these peace-bringing qualities in the world instead of armaments for war.”
“A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.”
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

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