"Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies."

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Source : Lajos Kossuth, Francis William Newman (1854). “Select Speeches of Kossuth”, p.22

Lajos Kossuth

#Humble Quotes #Calumny Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“You've been reading Gordan's book again, haven't you?" "It's a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride," she mumbled.”
“Daring to reach, to climb, to crawl, to scratch, to get back up when you've been knocked down, to push forward - ever forward - to forgive. It means sacrificing everything if necessary, to carve out a place for your own existence. It means living.”
“I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.”

Source : "2 Broke Girls' Kat Dennings Opens Up About Cupcakes, the Co-Star She's Dating, and Her Trademark Red Lipstick!". Interview with Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2012.
“If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.”
“For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible.”

Source : Jacques Attali (1985). “Noise: The Political Economy of Music”, p.3, Manchester University Press
“An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.”
“Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.”

Source : Lisa Alther (2010). “Bedrock”, p.248, Open Road Media
“Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.”

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