"There is no sanctuary of virtue like a home."

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Source : Edward Everett (1850). “Orations and speeches on various occasions”, p.259

Edward Everett

#Home Quotes #Sanctuary Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing.”
“You don't know me yet," I said. "Rory was telling me she lives in a swamp," Charlotte said. "That's right," I said, turning up my accent a little. "These are the very first shoes I've ever owned. They sure do pinch my feet." Jerome gave a little snort.”
“Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.”
“Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that is, insufficient by itself but a necessary condition for success.”
“People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive.”

Source : "Matt Lucas says he can never learn to drive because he would end up killing himself". www.mirror.co.uk. July 21, 2011.
“It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.”
“Every war is a national misfortune.”
“A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.”

Source : "A man said to the universe" l. 1 (1899)

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