"If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off."

-- Agatha Christie

#Philosophy Quotes #One Day Quotes #Complaining Quotes

“In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the influence of terror is the only kind of happiness which this government is able to afford its people.”
“He had been someone before. That person had been the result of a lifetime of choices, good and bad. And like it or not, he was drawing closer to that identity now. Not the freedom of infinite variety, but the tyranny of a decision made, a path walked, a life lived. What if he didn't like the view”

Source : Marcus Sakey (2012). “The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes”, p.148, Random House
“The last woman I was in was the Statue of Liberty.”
“I've given up on being accurately portrayed in the media.”
“God knows all that is done in the most secret caverns of the heart. No place is deprived of his presence.”
“Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!”

Source : Karl Kraus, Jonathan McVity (2001). “Dicta and Contradicta”, p.117, University of Illinois Press
“No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.”

Source : Polk, James K. (1910). “The diary of James K. Polk during his presidency, 1845 to 1849, now first printed from the original manuscript in the collections of the Chicago historical society; Volume 4”, p.261, Best Books on
“I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that.”

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