"The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side."

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Raymond Queneau

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“Children...will never go astray while they are in good company.”
“Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.”

Source : Joan M. Drury (2000). “Those Jordan Girls”, Spinsters Ink Books
“It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.”
“The most common thing that I get is, â€˜Am I the only one who doesnâ€™t think that Anna Kendrick is pretty? And youre like, â€˜No, youâ€™re not the only one. Arguably, all of the boys in my high school agree with you.â€™”
“I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.”
“I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.”
“If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.”
“Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased.”

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