"There was one species of despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was petticoat government."

-- Washington Irving

#Government Quotes #Long Quotes #Despotism Quotes

“Had I represented twenty thousand voters in Michigan, that political editor would not have known nor cared whether I was the oldest or the youngest daughter of Methuselah, or whether my bonnet came from the Ark or from Worth's.”
“He who hides his madman, dies voiceless.”

Source : Henri Michaux (1994). “Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984”, p.13, Univ of California Press
“There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.”
“The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.”
“Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.”
“Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies.”
“Let the things that happen on the stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people are having a meal, just having a meal, but at the same time their happiness is being created, or their lives are being smashed up.”
“You are the love of my life, and I'm so glad you found me...”

Source : Song: Love of My Life, Album: Destiny

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