"I'll suffer no daughter of mine to play the fool with her heart, indeed! She shall marry for the purpose for which matrimony was ordained amongst people of birth--that is, for the aggrandisement of her family, the extending of their political influence--for becoming, in short, the depository of their mutual interest. These are the only purposes for which persons of rank ever think of marriage."

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Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1881). “Marriage [by S.E. Ferrier]. Edinb. ed”

Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

#Daughter Quotes #Heart Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Committing unnecessary surgeries is very, very rare. And it's very wrong.”
“As we gain satisfaction from artificial substitutes for nature we forget that there is no known substitute for Nature, the real thing and its eons of intelligent, life supportive, experience. Each substitute we create falls short of nature's balanced perfection, thus producing our pollution, garbage and relationship conflicts.”

Source : Michael J. Cohen (2003). “The Web of Life Imperative: Regenerative Ecopsychology Techniques That Help People Think in Balance with Natural Systems”, p.84, Trafford Publishing
“... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.”
“Let us not turn schools into dumps when we go out and vote on Monday.”
“Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.”
“I'm required to do every job well enough that I'd use it as evidence in court - that doesn't come cheaply! Property is a critical asset for individuals. Maintaining the cadastre (legal survey fabric) is an important job and a valuable service.”

Source : "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.
“Psychopaths know intellectually what is immoral they just don't have a feeling of immorality about it.”

Source : Barbara Oakley (2010). “Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfri end”, p.102, Prometheus Books
“Prayer is the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul.”

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