"If I am asked to explain why I learned the bicycle I should say I did it as an act of grace, if not of actual religion."

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Source : Frances E. Willard (2017). “A Wheel within a Wheel - How I learned to Ride the Bicycle with Some Reflections by the Way”, p.32, Read Books Ltd

Frances E. Willard

#Grace Quotes #Should Quotes #Bicycle Quotes

“When the candles are out all women are fair.”
“Speech is not a means in the service of an external end. It contains its own rule of usage, ethics, and view of the world, as a gesture sometimes bears the whole truth about a man.”
“Harrison is genuinely unsure if he still has any fans.”
“I had to sign the paper to shut down the government. It's terrible.... [But] what the shutdown showed many, many people is the importance of the role of government. And as frustrated [as people get with] Washington, there are so many things [the government does] that are so important to people's lives every day. The panda cam, paying small businesses their loans - these are all things that shut down.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“There have to be at least two copies of a photograph, otherwise itâ€™s not a photograph.”
“I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.”

Source : Edward Gorey (2001). “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews”, Houghton Mifflin
“Never underestimate the power of helplessness!”
“Strong minds suffer without complaining; weak minds complain without suffering.”

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