"Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavour to have those who do us honour."

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Source : Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1875). “English Portraits”, p.91, London : Daldy, Isbister

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

#Enemy Quotes #Endeavour Quotes #Honour Quotes

“Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.”
“It is not only visitors to the zoo who are fascinated but uneasy in the presence of chimpanzees; the same is true of scientists. The more they learn about these great apes, the deeper our identity crisis seems to become. The resemblance between humans and chimpanzees is not only external. If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzeeâ€™s eyes, an intelligent, self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?”
“Well, every movie is an experiment. And the only way you can grow at what you're doing is to take chances. You can't try to stick with what worked last time.”
“If you want prisoners to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear – never to see them again – you send them to Egypt.”

Source : "Extraordinary rendition: a backstory". www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2011.
“And now I am ready to keep running When the sun rises beyond the borderlands of death. I already see mountain ridges in the heavenly forest Where, beyond every essence, a new essence awaits.”
“Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.”
“But I've got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland City, Tennessee so I'm gonna spend a little time at each one of those places and you'll probably hear some more songs out of me.”
“No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.”

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