"Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. For there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends."

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Source : Ron Chernow (2010). “Washington: A Life”, p.565, Penguin

Ron Chernow

#Enemy Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Silent Quotes

“Pain and suffering are two completely difference experiences. Pain is unavoidable. Suffering is self-created.”

Source : Noah Levine (2009). “Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries”, p.19, Harper Collins
“My style is simple, kinda girly, but with a bit of an edge.”
“And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.”
“We may very well wake up in the not-too-distant future in a culture that is not only unreceptive but openly hostile to the church and the gospel of Jesus Christ, a culture in which those who proclaim the gospel will be labeled as bigots and fanatics, a culture in which persecution of Christians will be not only allowed but applauded.”
“Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. [Lat., Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illue unde negant redire quemquam.]”
“Why not directing? There’s no big mystery about it. It’s – well, it’s just having a point of view and – and a certain amount of selection and taste.”
“The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.”
“I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, and I'm not kidding.”

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