"A thing well said will be wit in all languages."

-- John Dryden

#Language Quotes #Well Said Quotes #Wit Quotes

“The test of beauty is whether it can survive close knowledge.”
“I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.”
“We are never far from the lilt and swirl of living water. Whether to fish or swim or paddle, of only to stand and gaze, to glance as we cross a bridge, all of us are drawn to rivers, all of us happily submit to their spell. We need their familiar mystery. We need their fluent lives interflowing with our own.”

Source : John Daniel (2009). “The Far Corner: Northwestern Views on Land, Life, and Literature”, p.108, Counterpoint
“I want to sit with my legs wide open and laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant turns and looks at me.”
“Complete self-devotion is woman's part.”
“Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?”
“Even theologians, even the great theologians of the thirteenth century, even Saint Thomas Aquinas himself did not trust to faith alone, or assume the existence of God.”
“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”

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