"Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself."

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Source : Oceana ch. 5 (1886)

James Anthony Froude

#Sports Quotes #Honesty Quotes #Integrity Quotes

“little every-day courtesies are called the small change of life; but we should be badly off in trade if we had no small change, and must always deal with twenty-dollar bills; while the small change mounts up to the great sum in a lifetime.”

Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”
“I wasn't attractive, I wasn't very verbal, I wasn't very smart in school. I wasn't anything that showed the world I was something special, but I had this tremendous hope all the time. I had this tremendous spirit that kept me going... I was a happy child, because I had this feeling that I was going to go beyond my body physical... I just knew it.”
“If I'm doing something its coming from a kind heart.”
“If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.”
“Men who consistently leave the toilet seat up secretly want women to get up to go the bathroom in the middle of the night and fall in.”
“It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn't online, it doesn't exist.”
“I learned at that young age that sometimes a really big chance pays off.”
“According to FBI statistics for 2008, only 22 percent of murder victims were killed by strangers. More than 30 percent were slain by family members, boyfriends, and girlfriends. Nearly half of all murders were committed by friends, neighbors, and casual acquaintances.”

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