"Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has."

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Source : Marguerite Yourcenar (1954). “Memoirs of Hadrian”

Marguerite Yourcenar

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“He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.”

Source : "Pamela". Book by Carlo Goldoni, I. 14, 1750.
“Mama learned to laugh with them, before they could laugh at her, and to do it so well no one could be sure what she really thought or felt.”
“You have to want something or you're finished.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“When you know that you are eternal you can play your true role in time. When you know you are divine you can become completely human. When you know you are one with God you are free to become absolutely yourself ...”
“We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.”
“One of the people from my online team said he didn't notice - almost immediately after the [Donald] Trump victory within the following days, he noticed that there was a severe spike in hateful messages that were coming towards me.”
“Women have no wilderness in them They are provident instead Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts To eat dusty bread.”
“Whiskey is all right in its place - but its place is hell.”

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