"The English Writers of Tragedy are possessed with a Notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent Person in Distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his Troubles, or made him triumph over his Enemies."

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Joseph Addison

#Enemy Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the prejudice, even though there is no chance to win.”
“Somehow the anticipation of pain can be even more troubling, more a misery than the pain itself.”

Source : Joanne Harris (2001). “Five Quarters of the Orange”
“You have to give 110% all the time. 100% isn't good enough anymore.”
“When a customer receives a dish, they get food and design at the same time.”
“I'm more interested than Philip Roth in understanding women, even if I do it imperfectly. But that book, Portnoy's Complaint, is literary punk in this way that is rare.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.”
“I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents.”
“Man has not a greater enemy than himself.”

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