"It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull."

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Joseph Conrad

#Ironic Quotes #Dull Quotes #Safe Quotes

“Everybody's mainspring is different. And I want to say this - folks whose mainsprings are busted are better dead.”
“Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”
“Bernoulli's real contribution was to coin a word. The word has been translated into English as "utility". It describes this subjective value people place on money.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.184, Macmillan
“I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to use you just to have someone by my side.”
“In all Diseases, strengthen the part of the Body afflicted.”

Source : Nicholas Culpeper (1832). “Culpeper's Complete Herbal, and English Physician ... To which is annexed, The British Florist, or Flower garden displayed, etc. With plates, including a portrait”, p.336
“His star will forever shine.”
“Walking beside you I want for nothing.”
“I am really close friends with Roger Federer and also with Benoit Paire.”

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