"Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]"

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Vices Quotes #Flattery Quotes #Handmaids Quotes

“Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her.”
“A light exists in Spring Not present in the year at any other period When March is scarcely here.”
“Im honored to assist, Reichen told Lucan and Tegan as the three men loaded the last of the bags and weaponry. Ive often wondered what it might be like to stand among the Order as one of your own. Be careful what you wish for, Lucan drawled. Depending how things go, theres a good chance we could end up knighting you on the field.”
“There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful.”
“If I don't see myself as a victim, then I'm not a victim.”

Source : "Noomi Rapace: Finding Lisbeth, And Letting Her Go". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. October 29, 2010.
“Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.”
“Why this strange indifferences to missions? Why these scant contributions? Why does money fail to be forthcoming when approved men and women are asking to be sent to proclaim the â€œunsearchable riches of Christâ€ to the heathen?”

Source : Lottie Moon, Keith Harper (2002). “Send the Light: Lottie Moon's Letters and Other Writings”, p.225, Mercer University Press
“Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.”

Source : Ella Reeve Bloor (1940). “We are Many: An Autobiography by Ella Reeve Bloor”, New York : International Publishers

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