"Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth."

-- Isaac Newton

#Truth Quotes #Plato Quotes

“Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.”
“By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.”
“What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?”

Source : FaceBook post by Richard Russo from Aug 02, 2012
“The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.”

Source : "Power? Thanks, but I’d Rather Have Influence". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. June 4, 2011.
“A village in a country which is taking pains to become altogether standardized and pure, which aspires to succeed Victorian England as the chief mediocrity of the world, is no longer merely provincial, no longer downy and restful in its leaf-shadowed ignorance. It is a force seeking to conquer the earth... Sure of itself, it bullies other civilizations, as a traveling salesman in a brown derby conquers the wisdom of China and tacks advertisements of cigarettes over arches for centuries dedicated to the sayings of Confucius.”
“I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything.”
“When you make drama you are like Picasso. Drama is whatever you want it to be.”
“A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.”

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