"A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom."

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Source : Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”

Richard Le Gallienne

#Oblivion Quotes #Neighbour Quotes

“No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.”
“It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!'”
“In these surreal days, there is one truth. Nothing justified the killing of innocent people in America last week and nothing justifies the killing of innocent people anywhere else.”
“Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.”
“You can't force yourself to say "yes" to a bigger life. You will do it in your way. You will do it when smallness hurts too much.”
“A sketch will not serve more than one state of mind & will not serve to drink at again & again â€” in a sketch there is nothing but the one state of mind â€” that which you were in at the time.”
“I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. Theyâ€™re things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate.”
“I think it's important to America's future and to the future of the American dream and our people and the unity and purpose and cohesion of our society that everybody feel like the pace of change isn't just dizzying, but it can work for them and not against them.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com

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