"A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out."

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Source : William Wycherley, Marvin T. Herrick (1970). “The Country Wife”, p.32, Barron's Educational Series

William Wycherley

#Together Quotes #Sun Quotes #Eclipse Quotes

“You can tell by the applause: There's perfunctory applause, there's light applause, and then there's real applause. When it's right, applause sounds like vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.”
“Redeeming sinners from all nations through Jesus Christ was God's plan from the beginning.”
“When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.”
“It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.”
“The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.”
“Ideas run wild without discussion.”

Source : Serge Kahili King (2009). “Urban Shaman”, p.52, Simon and Schuster
“The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation.”
“If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.”

Source : "Catching Up With... Vanilla Ice". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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