"O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity; sometimes of generosity; nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue."

-- Henry Fielding

#Vanity Quotes #Generosity Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.”
“The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience.”
“My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.”

Source : Interview with Drew Toal, www.timeout.com. May 7, 2008.
“A house though otherwise beautiful, yet if it hath no garden belonging to it, is more like a prison than a house.”
“Unless we take care to clear the first principles of knowledge from the incumbrance and delusion of words, we may make infinite reasonings upon them to no purpose. We may deduce consequences, and never be the wiser.”

Source : David Berman (1997). “Berkeley”
“I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing”
“It is foolhardy to make a second trade, if your first trade shows you a loss. Never average losses. Let this thought be written indelibly upon your mind.”

Source : Jesse Lauriston Livermore (1966). “How to Trade in Stocks: The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price”
“I knew it... I'm surrounded by assholes!”

Source : "Fictional character: Dark Helmet". "Spaceballs", www.imdb.com. 1987.

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