"No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal."

-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

#Destiny Quotes #Government Quotes #Class Quotes

“Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.”
“Home is where the books are”
“Even the most powerful women I know go out of their way to say that they're not really interested in power. Imagine a man saying that.”
“No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.”

Source : David Starr Jordan (1983). “The strength of being clean: the physiological laws governing the pursuit of happiness ; The philosophy of hope : understanding the process by which hope displaces despair : an owners manual to the human soul”
“A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it.”
“It's necessary in order to attract attention, to dazzle at all costs, to be disapproved of by serious people and quoted by the foolish.”

Source : Jill Johnston (1973). “Lesbian nation: the feminist solution”, Simon & Schuster
“Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent; Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]”
“If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.”

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