"Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor."

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Source : "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" l. 29 (1751)

Thomas Gray

#Simple Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Poor Quotes

“Take off your glasses." "Why? I thought you liked my glassess." "I love your glasses. I especially love the moment when you take them off.”
“Thorne blinked at her, then down at the sewage he could barely make out in the darkness. "Don't you have some tool in that fancy hand of yours that can get us across?" Cinder glared, light-headed from her body's instinctively short breaths. "Oh, wow, how could I have forgotten about my grappling hook?”
“My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.”
“Democratism and its allied herd movements, while remaining loyal to the principle of equality and identity, will never hesitate to sacrifice liberty.”

Source : Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1943). “The Menace of the Herd: Or Procrustes at Large”, p.49, Ludwig von Mises Institute
“To me, success is one's ability to keep the faith, develop his God-given talents, and be able to honestly say at the close of life, "the world is a better place because I have lived."”
“Jennifer Garner and I are very close.”
“There ain't a woman in the world that wants to hear the word yes when she asks if you think that she looks chubby in that dress. And if she cooks all day you better eat it with a smile; it doesn't matter if it tastes just like bad gravy on a Goodyear tire.”

Source : Song: That's Love, Album: Mud On The Tires, 2003
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”

Source : FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Sep 15, 2011

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