"Fortune is like a widow won,And truckles to the bold alone."

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Source : William Somervile (1802*). “The poetical works of William Somervile, with the life of the author. Cooke's ed”, p.78

William Somervile

#Widows Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.”
“If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over.”
“When God forgives our sin, he is not changing his mind about us; he is changing our mind about him.”

Source : Herbert McCabe (2005). “God, Christ and Us”, p.16, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife.”
“In my thirties, I have felt a greater urgency to make art that highlights what it feels like to be racialized, likely due to living in a country that obscures our racism with the idea of "multiculturalism."”
“We should never judge a day by its weather.”
“Supporting a murderous political agenda with such an argument is tragic!”
“Kids get very animated when it comes to food and it's nice to see how they react.”

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