"People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it."

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Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.26

Jane Porter

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“My wife is so funny and talented and never lets anybody fail next to her.”
“At my age, the radiation will probably do me good.”

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“I feel the popular music of a certain time really tells you a lot about what life was like in that period.”

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“Driving a race car is like dancing with a chain saw.”
“I don't have the acting skills my daughter has.”
“Talk is a pure art. Its only limits are the patience of listeners who, when they get tired, can always pay for their coffee or change it with a friendly waiter and walk out.”
“...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.”
“The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.”

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