"In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy."

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Source : Giovanni Boccaccio (1972). “The Decameron”, Penguin Books

Giovanni Boccaccio

#Envy Quotes #Poverty Quotes #World Quotes

“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”
“I have a certain way of thinking where I see something, and I know that I want it and I make up my mind - and that's pretty much all there is to it. It was like, This is what I want to do, and I'm going, and everything's going to work out. I'm going to be an actress. There was no way around it.”
“She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.”
“I just want to protect them no matter how much pain befalls me.”
“Nietzsche's vision of the superman is of someone who's able to control and tame his passions and turn them into something richer than raw emotion and raw feeling. I think the best writing does that too. Untamed passion basically results in bad writing or bad polemics, which so many writers and public intellectuals are vulnerable to.”
“I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.”

Source : Song: Best Imitation of Myself, Album: Ben Folds Five
“Storyboarding is what I call an "idea landscape" - one that can help unleash creativity, improve communication, and identify practical solutions to complex problems. The beauty of storyboarding is that ideas from an entire team are harnessed, not just those from the extroverts or vocal members.”
“Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished.”

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