"History is the school of statesmanship."

-- John Robert Seeley

#School Quotes #Statesmanship Quotes

“I firmly believe, notwithstanding all our complaints, that almost every person upon earth tastes upon the totality more happiness than misery.”
“Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin does - now that's the highest of all personal achievements. I don't know that I aim for it, but I recognize it as the supreme goal.”
“It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.”
“Crassly put: When I write, I am trying not to bore myself and my readers.”
“To my mother, I was everything. To my father, nothing at all. To my grandmother, I was a daily reminder of loves long lost.”
“Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.”
“I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the child to self-expression and exploration.”
“If you throw me out of this house, I shall sleep on the path outside. If you return to the Continent without me, I shall follow you. I will build a willow hut at your gate; I will sleep under your window; I will be waiting for you at your own front door.”

Source : Eloisa James (2011). “When Beauty Tamed The Beast: Number 2 in series”, p.157, Hachette UK

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