"Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise."

-- George Farquhar

#Men Quotes #Modesty Quotes #Praise Quotes

“Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me.”
“It is not the truth of Marxism that explains the willingness of intellectuals to believe it, but the power that it confers on intellectuals, in their attempts to control the world. And since, as Swift says, it is futile to reason someone out of a thing that he was not reasoned into, we can conclude that Marxism owes its remarkable power to survive every criticism to the fact that it is not a truth-directed but a power-directed system of thought.”

Source : "A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism". Book by Roger Scruton, 2006.
“Becoming mature is not important for art. Technical perfection is not relevant to art. Precision in art is only achieved by total duty of loyalty. Love, lusciousness, birth and fertility are precise tools of art, like laws.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.”
“such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment.”
“Nothing makes me happier than writing a song that I think is good or that I want to play. Writing songs helps me.”
“I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.”
“Those who pray for your downfall are concentrating negative thoughts towards you, without taking cognisance of the slippery ground in which they are standing, which could lead to their downfall.”

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