"It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not."

-- Ben Jonson

#Understanding Quotes #Ears Quotes #Speak Quotes

“They say you have to be good to be lucky, but I think you have to be lucky to be good.”
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 18, 2017
“Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.”

Source : The Lost World of the Kalahari ch. 3 (1958)
“When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.”
“I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.”
“The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.”
“I kicked off my shoes and pulled his hand away from the wheel so I could straddle his lap and hold him. His grip on me was excruciatingly tight, but I didn't complain. We were on an insanely busy street, with endless cars rumbling past on one side and a crush of pedestrians on the other, but neither of us cared. He was shaking violently, as if he were sobbing uncontrollably, but he made no sound and shed no tears. The sky cried for him, the rain coming down hard and angry, steaming off the ground.”

Source : Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.499, Penguin
“Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.”

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