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John Vanbrugh
"Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself." --
Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.328
John Vanbrugh
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“If there are witnesses the government interviewed who suggest other people were involved or that Tim McVeigh was not involved, those are critical matters that would have to be investigated.”
Source : "Bush calls McVeigh execution delay necessary" by Charles Bierbauer, www.cnn.com. May 11, 2001.
“I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that I was really interested in was there, but I knew nothing, no education, no art education, no education beyond high school. It was extremely overwhelming and it still is.”
“Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember me always, my love.”
“You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't believe what anyone tells you.”
“There are women to whom nature has granted the gift of silent emotion. They have mobile faces, changeful eyes, soft lips, which express joy or desolation naturally, and with the charm of perfect simplicity and truth.”
“It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it [the Constitution] a finger of that Almighty hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the revolution.”
“If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.”
“There is only one way to make a great deal of money; and that is in a business of your own.”