"Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may."

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Source : William Cobbett (1820). “Cobbett's Political Register”, p.497

William Cobbett

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #May Quotes

“And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you canâ€™t stop yourself from dreaming.”
“My people's greatest need is my personal holiness”
“There were no gifts. Everything is properly accounted for. I provided testimony and evidence to the committee... This was all stuff that was previously known.”

Source : " Torricelli sees vindication in ethics case" by Dana Bash, www.cnn.com. July 26, 2002.
“You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out of guilt, and I don't want them if you're not going to give them to all the people who helped mother our children.”
“Gene, on the desire to be Finny: "I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas.”

Source : "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles, (p. 14), 1959.
“I love being physical and acting at the same time.”
“While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of what a work of art should be and how it should be done.”
“It [our best show] was this year, the 7th of January in Eilat, Israel; 6,000 people in the desert going absolutely mad!”

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