"Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death."

-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#Death Quotes #Knowledge Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“He who reckons ten friends has not one.”
“Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.”
“I rang the bell and she opened the door, dried her hands, and said heartily: 'Hello, stranger. I was just saying to Cliff only tonight, it's about time you showed up around here.' I wanted to detach him from her, but first I had to sit through about ten minutes of her. She was my sister, but you don't tell women things like I wanted to tell him. I don't know why, but you don't. You tell them the things you have under control; the things that you're frightened of, you tell other men if you tell anyone.”

Source : Cornell Woolrich (1943). “I wouldn't be in your shoes”
“If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects to the state of tributary slaves.”
“The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out... and do it.”
“A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it.”

Source : "John Chamberlain, Who Wrested Rough Magic From Scrap Metal, Dies at 84" by Randy Kennedy, www.nytimes.com. December 21, 2011.
“The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.”
“The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want to be taught any lessons. But I get more letters for ï»¿Twelve Chairs ï»¿and ï»¿Life Stinksï»¿ than I get from any other movies, because people actually agree with the philosophy, or were moved, or they love the movie.”

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