"The study of the human character opens at once a beautiful and a deformed picture of the soul."

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Source : Mercy Otis Warren (1805). “History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes”, p.2

Mercy Otis Warren

#Beautiful Quotes #Character Quotes #Soul Quotes

“I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops... Eventually companion animals would be phased out.”
“After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary.”
“Everybody and their mother knows you don't train hard on Friday, the day before a race. But a lot of runners will overtrain on Thursday if left on their own. Thursday is the most dangerous day of the week.”
“Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.”
“[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.”
“At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands before our camera, to honor what is greater and more interesting than we are. We never accomplish this perfectly, though in return we are given something perfect--a sense of inclusion. Our subject thus redefines us, and is part of the biography by which we want to be known.”
“We're all story-telling creatures, and also I think that's the point about biography because the life is exemplary.”
“I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dov Davidoff from Sep 15, 2011

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