"Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?"

-- Anton Chekhov

#Catholic Quotes #Merit Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“It is a feature of human nature to give what we most wish to receive.”

Source : "The Luminaries". Book by Eleanor Catton, August 2013.
“Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.”
“I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.”
“The clouds are scudding across the moon, A misty light is on the sea; The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune, And the foam is flying free.”
“Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.”
“Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole.”
“We don't forgive because people deserve it, we forgive so we can see again.”
“We who represent the Unionist Party in England and Scotland have supported, and we mean to support to the end, the loyal minority [in Ireland]. We support them not because we are intolerant, but because their claims are just.”

Source : Bonar Law's speech in the Albert Hall, January 26, 1912.

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