"Truth has not such an urgent air."

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Source : "The Art of Poetry (Canto I)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1674.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

#Truth Quotes #Air Quotes

“It's important to interrogate history, it's important to document history, because as a society we need constant reminders of the things that we've done in the past in the hope we can stop repeating these horrible lessons.”
“I like to take my time and not try to put too much pressure on myself, but it's hard. I think I forget every time - you give birth and you want your stomach to be flat again.”
“And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start.â€”
“I can talk myself so much into my part.”

Source : "Life is not so scary". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2003.
“I've always tried to be nice to people, so that sort of translates into popularity, I guess.”
“Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled by disorder, cynicism, incompetence and confusion. Nevertheless we are aware of intelligence circulating in the streets like a vivid bloodstream.”

Source : Natalia Ginzburg (2017). “The Little Virtues: Essays”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
“True generosity must benefit both parties. No woman can control her destiny if she doesn't give to herself as much as she gives of herself.”
“Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting to them. If the British left, which she froze into immobility like Medusa, could bring itself to learn from this, then we might not have to look upon her like again.”

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