Quotes
Authors
Pierre Bayle

"Consider, I pray, whether you are not renouncing all shame and sincerity to advance such principles. Because a comet appears in a group of stars which the ancients thought fit to call the Virgin, therefore, shall our women be barren, or have frequent miscarriages, or die old maids. I know of nothing which hangs so ill together! To offer such things in seriousness, shows the greatest contempt of mankind, and the most scandalous lying impunity."

-- Pierre Bayle

#Stars Quotes #Lying Quotes #Miscarriage Quotes

“I always tell myself, 'Keep on fighting.' I wasn't always a good diverâ€”I had to work my way up to where I am now. If I had given up, I wouldn't be in the position I am today. I would have so many regrets.”
“Write down five things you love to do. Next, write down five things that you're really good at. Then just try to match them up! Revisit your list once a year to make sure you're on the right track.”
“It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.”
“If you dont live, eat, breathe, football, then youre not a true football player. You just wear the jersey.”
“From Lehi's vision we learn that we must take hold of this safety railing-this iron rod, found alongside our individual straight and narrow path-and hold tight until we reach our ultimate goal of eternal life with our Heavenly Father. Nephi promises that those who hold fast to the iron rod"would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction"”
“I have gotten better at being patient and sitting with discomfort. Before I would worry and try to fix an issue and force circumstances to change or try to change people's minds sooner than was realistic. Now I wait and trust that everything passes and time really does heal everything.”
“Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. Who do you think should do the damned account books?" And, with a nonchalant wave, St. Vincent had left the office.”
“While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.”

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