"Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men should be their prompters."

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Lin Yutang

#Kings Quotes #Men Quotes #Common Quotes

“A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.”
“I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.”
“Technology alone isn't enough. To really get the money shots, it's down to being in the right place at the right time.”
“Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.”
“I thought my mom's whole purpose was to be my mom. That's how she made me feel.”
“You have to play your characters, not like them.”
“Home is where the pants aren't”
“It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction which makes it fall on such determin'd side, and therefore I call it Chance, which is nothing but the want of art.... .”

Source : "The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot".

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