"Christianity has been cruel in much to the human race. It has quenched much of the sweet joy and gladness of life; it has caused the natural passions and affections of it to be held as sins ..."

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Source : Ouida (1896). “Views and Opinions”

Ouida

#Sweet Quotes #Passion Quotes #Race Quotes

“As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It's time to start making soup again.”
“Young Jimmy Dean fell off the world as suddenly as he had come.”
“Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom we are obliged to trust with power.”
“It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.”
“Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.”
“The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away ones worldly goods.”
“So Iâ€™m thinking this is the part of my movie where things appear as if nothing is going to work out. I have to remind myself that all movie characters go through this sort of dark period before they find their happy ending.”
“We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is the one sure way of avoiding talking nonsense...”

Source : Hermann Bondi (1980). “Relativity and Common Sense: A New Approach to Einstein”, p.65, Courier Corporation

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