"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it."

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Source : "The Histories" by Herodotus, Book 2, Ch. 173, c. 440 BC.

Herodotus

#Fun Quotes #Men Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.”
“To my generation no other English poet seemed so perfectly to express the sensibility of a male adolescent. If I do not now turn to him very often, I am eternally grateful to him for the joy he gave me in my youth.”
“Lucky to have been where I have been”
“Sure, Daniel wears number 22 and Henrik number 33.”
“When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.”
“The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks”
“We could be happy if the air was as pure as beer.”
“A thousand trees are seen towards heaven rising, With beautiful and sweetly-scented apples; The orange, wearing on its lovely fruit The colour Daphne carried in her hair; Bent low, nay almost fallen to the ground, The citron, heavy with its yellow load; And, last, the graceful lemon with its fruit Of pleasant smell and shaped like virgins' breasts.”

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