"Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace."

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Source : "The Meaning of Culture". Book by John Cowper Powys, 1929.

John Cowper Powys

#Ambition Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough.”
“Human beings are not creatures of logic; we are creatures of emotion. And we do not care what's true. We care how it feels.”
“Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.”
“How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.”
“My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me 'Joe.'”
“Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.”
“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.”
“It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.”

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