"I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless."

-- John Newton

#Stupid Quotes #Temptation Quotes #Useless Quotes

“Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.”
“I find the medicine worse than the malady.”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1711). “The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher: The knight of the burning pestle. Loves pilgrimage. The double marriage. The maid in the mill. The knight of Malta. Love's cure. Women pleas'd”
“Once a decision is made to be tasteful and risk-free, all spark, soul, variety, sleaze, spontaneity and fun go right out the window”
“Sin in the theater, I can observe now, is comparable to education in a university: it is there for those who wish to take advantage of it, but fewer do than you might suspect.”

Source : Billie Burke (2015). “With A Feather On My Nose”, p.33, Pickle Partners Publishing
“One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.”
“Harmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.”
“Bad words don't exist, but words with bad intentions behind.”
“I've always liked the fact that fiction takes all these pretty unquantifiable human feelings and experiences and projects them onto the page in ways that make interior human sense, even when they aren't entirely believable.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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