"As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly."

-- Samuel Johnson

#Happiness Quotes #Men Quotes #Good Man Quotes

“It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.”

Source : Henry Mackenzie (1815). “The Works of Henry Mackenzie, Esq. ...: The man of feeling, and miscellaneous pieces.-v.II. The man of the world.-v.III. Julia de Roubigné”, p.192
“What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.”
“Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had a rock specialist on for two hours a week.”

Source : "Joe Elliott of Def Leppard". Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2011.
“Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.”
“A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there's something you don't like to see in yourself a good lover won't see it either.”

Source : Ana Castillo (2000). “Peel My Love Like an Onion: A Novel”, Anchor
“Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.”
“I miss you so much your absence causes me, at times, accute pain. I don't mean sexually. I mean in connection with my writing.”
“In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.”

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