"Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed ."

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Vices Quotes #Flattery Quotes #Handmaids Quotes

“The thing is, I have a zillion apps, and I'm always looking for the perfect arrangement for them, so scrambling my home screen is part of that eternal quest.”

Source : "iPhone Home: Susan Orlean". www.newyorker.com. January 31, 2012.
“The Christian Bible is a symbolic book, not a literal one. The one Christians know as Jesus was actually a symbol for the sun. Ancient sun worshippers believed the sun died at the end of the winter solstice and then three days later it would be reborn at the start of its cycle - December 25.”
“We're doing a great disservice to our young people because the only protection is abstinence, as condoms have been proven fallible. The federal government should not be telling young people to use condoms. It's also an insult to teenagers, reducing them to the level of a dog that can't control its hormones.”

Source : Washington Times, December 01, 1995.
“Once a reporter stood in front of a fire as it consumed a house and then he turned to see the homeowners and their little son watching it burn. The reporter, fishing for a human interest angle, said to the boy, "Son, it looks like you don't have a home anymore." The little boy promptly answered, "Oh, yes, we have a home. We just don't have a house to put it in."”
“Let me just tell you this: I love polyester.”
“I’m conceited, I got a reason”

Source : Song: Conceited, 2006
“I don't even like the word 'relax'! If I have a partner and we make love a lot, then I'm in a very pure state of being.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.”

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