"Pleasure never comes sincere to man; but lent by heaven upon hard usury."

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John Dryden

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“It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.”

Source : George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.28, Ravenio Books
“But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.”
“People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.”
“Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.”

Source : Alice Miller (2002). “For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence”, p.263, Macmillan
“The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It's the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework.”
“Hitler was the fate of Germany and this fate could not be stayed.”

Source : "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William L. Shirer, (p. 1), 1960.
“There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.”
“Making a definitive declaration of intent or meaning kills the photograph.”

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