"there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation."

-- Patricia Wentworth

#Irritation Quotes #Flesh Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.”
“Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear.”
“You gotta have faith. Even at the bottom of the blackest hole, there will always be light shining through. It just takes faith to see it.”
“Send a drop of kindness, and see a happy face.”
“People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the things that James Bond does, but I certainly haven't got his guts nor his very lively appetites.”
“At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it.”
“Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.”

Source : James Connolly (2008). “Socialism and the Irish Rebellion: Writings from James Connolly”, Red & Black Pub
“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 06, 2015

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