"There are two very natural propensities which we may distinguish in the most virtuous and liberal dispositions, the love of pleasure and the love of action. If the former is refined by art and learning, improved by the charms of social intercourse, and corrected by a just regard to economy, to health, and to reputation, it is productive of the greatest part of the happiness of private life."

-- Edward Gibbon

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“It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.”
“It's almost jarring when you go to play a different character, after playing someone for so long. I love it!”
“A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between that which is speculation and that which is fact.”

Source : "A Tale Of Two Cities: Author Donna Leon's Venice". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. July 13, 2012.
“About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's proud of it, too. The Bible's full of kind remarks about booze.”

Source : HERMAN WOUK (1955). “MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR”
“In the economy we guarantee all market players the same conditions, and the private sector plays an increasingly important role. We are in the process of dissolving thousands of state-owned companies and converting them into stock corporations. We even plan to accelerate this development. In contrast, it is the party's responsibility to improve the lives of the people, and this is where our citizens have great confidence in us. Party members who commit crimes are severely punished.”
“Most seafoods should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.”
“Where there is love there is courage, where there is courage there is peace, where there is peace there is God. And when you have God, you have everything.”

Source : Louise Penny (2015). “The Chief Inspector Gamache Series”, p.495, Macmillan
“Insecurity is miserable. That's the bottom line. We don't need it. We don't want it. And we really can live without it. So what would happen if we quite being accomplices in our own misery?”

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