"Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Pride Quotes #Vanity Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“The art of tomorrow will be a collective treasure, or it will not be art at all.”
“Analysts keep having to pick away at the scab that the patient tries to form between himself and the analyst to cover over his wounds. The analyst keeps the surface raw, so that the wound will heal properly.”
“My mom could have been a CEO of any company. She was very organized, very strict. She showed us the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. There was no alcohol allowed in the house. Three of my brothers are retired RCMP officers. I've got another brother working in child counselling.”
“The trick is, to treat your days as if each one may be your last.”
“If I had to choose, it would be dancing. Dancing is my first passion and it's gotten me where I am today.”
“Parliament is the longest running farce in the West End.”

Source : On the House of Commons, in 'Big Cyril' (1977) ch. 8
“Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.”
“With that truncheon thou hast slain a good knight, and now it sticketh in thy body.”

Source : Sir Thomas Malory “Annotated Le Morta D'Arthur King Arthur and his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Vol I with English Grammar Exercises: by Sir Thomas Malory (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, Powell Publications, LLC

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