"Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up."

-- Max Beerbohm

#Stupid Quotes #Character Quotes #Men Quotes

“Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show.”
“There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.”
“The most important part of any CrossFit workout is posting about it endlessly on social media. How about you just brag about all the kettlebell burpees you did to the other whackos in your cult?”
“Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not my will, but thine, be done." What, then, does a man mean by saying, Science displaces religion, when in this deep sense science itself springs from religion?”
“I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not have the baggage that comes from being part of a losing side.”
“Women don't realize how much store men set on the regularity of their habits. We absorb their comings and goings into our bodies, their rhythms into our bones.”
“When itâ€™s all said and done, I want to be able to say I got the most out of my potential. I donâ€™t want to look back, however many years from now, and say, â€˜I wonder if I would have worked a little harder. I wonder if I would have done this or done that, how things would have turned out.â€™ I want to, when itâ€™s all said and done, be able to put my head on my pillow and say, â€˜I did everything I could do â€” good or bad.â€™”
“May you and your triple cursed wash water turn purple with orange spots and fall down a bottomless pit!”

Source : Patricia C. Wrede (2015). “Searching for Dragons”, p.204, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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