"Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to."

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Source : Eliza Haywood (2004). “Fantomina and Other Works”, p.163, Broadview Press

Eliza Haywood

#Boasters Quotes #Boast Quotes

“All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]”
“When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leaf to turn away from the sun -- it loves it there. There's nothing so spiritual about being happy but you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last.”

Source : Frank O'Hara (1995). “The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara”, p.244, Univ of California Press
“There is some secret stirring in the world, / A thought that seeks impatiently its word.”

Source : Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Thomas Forbes Kelsall, Charles Dacres Bevan (1851). “Memoir. The second brother. Torrismond. Dramatic scenes and fragments. Miscellaneous poems. Poetic fragments. Appendix. Notes”, p.121
“It's a fact that every minute you hold a child, it triples in mass.”

Source : Drew Magary (2013). “Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood”, p.47, Penguin
“I can't wait to be back on the dance floor. I feel really good about it.”
“The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks all occasions to disturb me.”
“Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.”
“Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people have jumped the fence and found no cliff. And the disrespect for the possession laws fosters a disrespect for laws and the system in general... On top of this is the distinct impression among the youth that some police may use the marihuana laws to arrest people they don't like for other reasons, whether it be their politics, their hair style or their ethnic background.”

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