"The man who discovers a woman's weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it."

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Source : Jean Giraudoux (1963). “Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels”

Jean Giraudoux

#Spring Quotes #Men Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.”
“I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.”
“Pink Champagne is about having fun and letting go, and living your life to the fullest!”
“All discussion, all debate, all dissidence tends to question and in consequence, to upset existing convictions; that is precisely its purpose and its justification.”
“Contracting corruption has been around since the construction of the Appian Way.”
“The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to do such work for war-purposes: calmly plotting the destruction of the world! Such explosives in men's hands, while their moral and intellectual status is declining, is about as useful as giving out firearms to all inmates of a gaol and then saying that you hope 'this will ensure peace'. But one good thing may arise out of it, I suppose, if the write-ups are not overheated: Japan ought to cave in. Well we're in God's hands. But He does not look kindly on Babel-builders.”
“Religion is the resolute following of the star of hope through triumphs and tragedies of time.”
“My usual self is a very unusual self.”

Source : Shelagh Delaney (2014). “A Taste of Honey”, p.38, Bloomsbury Publishing

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