"Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position."

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Source : "In Eutropium". I, 181. As quoted in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", p. 93-96, 1922.

Claudius Claudianus

#Change Quotes #Men Quotes #Annoying Quotes

“Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly.”
“I think falling in love is always a surprise, right?”
“To send a child to rot in the prison of Cuba for the alleged sake of his own well-being is criminal hypocrisy.”
“Everything I experience influences everything I do.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He couldn't put on a coaching session to save his life. I've spoken to people about him and he can barely lay out cones.”
“We look in... Germany for a superstar. We began with 10,000 people, which applied. From these 10,000, 100 was selected. The jury is unbelievably competent.”
“I hold it true that thoughts are things Endowed with bodies, breath, and wings, And that we send them forth to fill The world with good results--or ill.”
“In the Church, when we talk about 'the world', we often create an us and them situation and end up planting the seeds of all that we feel wrong with the world in the soil of our own backyard.”

Source : Steve Scott (2002). “Like a House on Fire: Renewal of the Arts in a Postmodern Culture”, p.46, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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