"The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure."

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Laurence J. Peter

#Intelligent Quotes #Tests Quotes #Leisure Quotes

“Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.”
“The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.”

Source : Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.73
“By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.”
“I used to be so young, how did I get so old?”

Source : Song: Basket, Album: Nice, Nice, Very Nice
“What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there were better love stories around? Stories not riddled with ill-adjusted men, anguish, death and graveyards!”
“The more that you follow me, the more I get lost”
“Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more.”
“Don't make everyone know about your sadness.”

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