"Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof."

-- Plutarch

#May Quotes #Done Quotes #Despise Quotes

“Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.”
“And as we stray further from love, we multiply the words. Had we remained together we could have become a silence.”

Source : Yehuda Amichai (1992). “Poems of Jerusalem ; And, Love Poems: A Bilingual Edition”
“Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world.”
“At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.”
“When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.”
“Basically, the world is a giant shithole. But some of us are capable of imagining something better.”
“Comedy is a very personal thing, as you would know if you've ever told the same joke to two people and had one of them laugh their head off and the other one look at you as though you were a completely cretin.”
“The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.”

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