"Men are taught to apologise forÂ theirÂ weaknesses,Â womenÂ for their strengths."

-- Lois Wyse

#Men Quotes #Weakness Quotes #Taught Quotes

“A strong and bitter book-sickness floods one's soul. How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print, and dead men's sentiments!”

Source : Nicholas A. Basbanes (1995). “A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books”, Henry Holt & Company
“The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.”
“My words, my writing, my actionsâ€”these have never been for myself alone, either directly or indirectly. There is no such thing as an artist who creates art only for himself. That is masturbation.”

Source : Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1999). “The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir”
“Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.”

Source : Baroness Orczy (2013). “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, p.90, House of Stratus
“A PERSON WHO CANNOT FORGIVE HAS FORGOTTEN HOW GREAT A DEBT GOD HAS FORGIVEN THEM.”
“Spineless politics do not change the mind of a tyrant.”

Source : "My Opposition, Volume 1 (May 29, 1940)". Diary by Friedrich Kellner, 2011.
“The trout that seem to stick in my memory the finest aren't the big ones, and maybe it's because I have't visited all the corners of the globe, but my most unforgettable trout all lived close to home. In fact, when I take out my pouch of trout memories and spill them all on the table, it seems that the smaller ones shine the brightest.”
“your concert-goer, though he feed upon symphony as a lamb upon milk, is no true lover if he play no instrument. Your true lover does more than admire the muse; he sweats a little in her service.”

Source : Catherine Drinker Bowen (1939). “Friends and fiddlers”

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