"Self-respect is the best of all."

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Hosea Ballou

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“Sexism - you can't be sexy and intelligent. It's not allowed.”
“Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.”

Source : Graham Greene, Henry J. Donaghy (1992). “Conversations with Graham Greene”, p.35, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
“For April Fools Day, someone played a really cruel joke on me. They stole ALL my mirrors and I had to go hours without seeing myself. I mean, I couldnâ€™t even do my daily affirmations. What kind of world is this? I tell you, itâ€™s artists like myself that really suffer.”
“I planned on being successful ever since I was young. To me, this is nothing to be surprised about.”
“There's no easy way to say this, so I'Â€Â™ll just say it: We're no longer No. 1. Today, we're No. 2. Yes, it's official. The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the largest in the world. For the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was president, America is not the leading economic power on the planet.”
“Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.”
“Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace.”

Source : Duff Cooper (2011). “Old Men Forget”, p.56, Faber & Faber

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