"When one door closes, fortune will usually open another."

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Source : "La Celestina". Book by Fernando de Rojas, 1499.

Fernando de Rojas

#Doors Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man.”
“Good and evil grow up together and are bound in an equilibrium that cannot be sundered. The most we can do is try to tilt the equilibrium toward the good.”
“Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.”
“In the Garden of Eden Eve showed more courage than Adam.. when the serpent offered the forbidden fruit. She knew that there was something better than paradise”
“While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.”
“Everybody has opinions: I have them, you have them. And we are all told from the moment we open our eyes, that everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. Well, that's horsepuckey, of course. We are not entitled to our opinions; we are entitled to our informed opinions. Without research, without background, without understanding, it's nothing. It's just bibble-babble. It's like a fart in a wind tunnel, folks.”

Source : Commentary on Sci-Fi Channel's "Sci-Fi Buzz", harlanellison.com.
“If you cannot put the ego on the side you cannot succeed in love, period. Therefore love must defeat it.”
“I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?”

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