"En un mot, l'homme conna|"t qu'il est miseÂ rable: il est donc miseÂ rable, puisqu'il l'est; mais il est bien grand, puisqu'il le conna|"t. In one word, man knows that he is miserable and therefore he is miserable because he knows it; but he is also worthy, because he knows his condition."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Men Quotes #Miserable Quotes #Worthy Quotes

“But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze.”

Source : Siegfried Sassoon (1949). “Collected Poems”
“A minute's success pays the failure of years.”

Source : Robert Browning (1899). “Poetical Works”
“When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action.”

Source : "Caroline Lucas among dozens arrested in Balcombe anti-fracking protest" by Fiona Harvey, Peter Walker, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2013.
“A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a kid, I wanted to wear a spacesuit.”

Source : "Julie Payette returns to space". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. February 4, 2009.
“She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love and thought and joy.”
“I have been allowed to inhabit different shades of human nature and different colours of truth indifferent circumstances.”
“The key quality all successful people share is the ability to inspire, to transfer our passion to other people and to bring them along with us in pursuit of our vision. I have to be able to inspire investors, actors and crews on a daily basis. What I recognize in other successful people is a similar ability to make their passion infectious.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.”

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