"Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive."

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Source : Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.36, Jazzybee Verlag

Bernard de Mandeville

#Nature Quotes #Passion Quotes #May Quotes

“In this respect early youth is exactly like old age; it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an unknown destination. The chief difference is that youth waits for the morning limited and age waits for the night train”

Source : Bruce Catton (1987). “Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood”, p.39, Wayne State University Press
“So dance music is now pop music. So now, as a dance producer, what do I have to do? So I'm starting to do alien music, because pop is not pop anymore; we need to go alien to be independent.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life.”
“the enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.”
“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”
“A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she's quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old woman who needs a cane to walk to the stage.”
“a manufactured interest has no staying quality - especially if it involves any hard work.”
“It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.”

Source : "Horns and Halos: An Interview with Neil Jordan". Interview with Michael Koresky, reverseshot.org. November 10, 2005.

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