"Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know where to hide her sole treasure, her tears!"

-- Sophie Swetchine

#Daughter Quotes #Children Quotes #Tears Quotes

“What a blessing it is to love books.”

Source : Elizabeth von Arnim (2016). “The Solitary Summer”, p.16, Elizabeth von Arnim
“Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties.”
“We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.”
“Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.”

Source : Will Cuppy (1944). “The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct”
“I don't feel that comfortable being on the runway with a G-string. I shoot G-strings with Victoria's Secret, but on the runway... It's really about the moment. I work with professionals. Professional people make everything look perfect, they make everything that you're wearing look great, if it's in a picture or on the runway.”

Source : "This Week's Model: Alessandra Ambrosio". Interview with Tommye Fitzpatrick, www.wmagazine.com. January 31, 2011.
“If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.”
“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be faster changing and more unpredictable than the present.”
“Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.”

Source : "Chris Pine’s life lessons". Interview with Ryan Bailey, www.menshealth.co.uk. January 17, 2016.

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