"Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]"

-- Jean de La Fontaine

#May Quotes #Affair Quotes #Prudence Quotes

“Accept criticism. If you do not offer your work for criticism and accept that criticism, meaning give it serious thought and attention, then you will never improve.”
“No fight is hopeless till it has been fought.”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2566, Bantam
“The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you.”
“Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.”
“What's important to me is that [photographs] have the appearance of being documents of what goes on. I like the illusion of veracity, that they look like life rather than movie stills. I don't want them to look fabricated.”
“Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired for it like I had at other jobs, but it was fun.”
“But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”

Source : John Adams (2012). “The Letters of John and Abigail Adams”, p.76, Simon and Schuster
“Be silent, Only the Hand of God Can remove The burdens of your heart.”

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