"None of us are perfect, for which reason we should heed the voice of charity when it whispers in our ears, "Do not magnify the imperfections of others."

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Source : Elizabeth Keckley (1868). “Behind The Scenes”, p.15

Elizabeth Keckley

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“Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.”
“Nor is a day lived if the dawn is left out of it, with the prospects it opens. Who speaks charmingly of nature or of mankind, like him who comes bibulous of sunrise and the fountains of waters?”
“It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.”
“Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.”
“The 19th century was a century of empires, the 20th century was a century of nation states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.”
“Things do not change; we change.”
“I think that technology is much more mysterious to the people using it than, say, the automobile was. This isn't an original observation, but a lot of the smart devices people rely on now really do feel like magic to a lot of us.”

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“Those who murder fame Kill more than life destroyers.”

Source : Richard Savage (1775). “The Works of Richard Savage, Esq., Son of the Earl Rivers: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author”, p.141

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