"For to love, loveless, is a bitter pill:But to be loved, unloving, bitterer still."

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Source : Jan Struther, “The Choice”

Jan Struther

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“Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.”
“You can't measure dreams when you're a dreamer, because most often the caliber is unattainable.”
“A pearl goes up for auction. No one has enough, so the pearl buys itself.”
“Firstly, the current government officials are in power for their currency, but I'm informing you for your new currency.”
“Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to this measure of capacity; precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration winneth him.”
“The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”
“If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.”
“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

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