"Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it."

-- Stephen Vincent Benet

#Men Quotes #Hell Quotes

“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.”

Source : "Fictional character: One Stab". "Legends of the Fall", www.imdb.com. December 23, 1994.
“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.”
“I'm one of those people who was meant to have a very ordinary life. I have no special talent, no great beauty, nothing that distinguishes me from a hundred, thousand other girls. But I can't go through an entire lifetime without at least one night of magic.”
“When we say that Jesus Christ was produced without sexual union, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended to heaven, we propound nothing new or different from what you believe regarding those whom you call the sons of Jupiter.”
“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.”
“Freedom is a responsibility to be earned, not a license for recklessness and anarchy. If someday, despite our strongest efforts and our deepest determination, we finally fall, let it be because our enemies finally beat us, not because we beat ourselves.”

Source : Dan Wells (2012). “Partials (Partials, Book 1)”, p.14, HarperCollins UK
“Excellence does not come easily or quickly-- an excellent education does not, a successful mission does not, a strong, loving marriage does not, rewarding personal relationships do not. It is simply a truism that nothing very valuable can come without significant sacrifice, effort, and patience on our part.”
“A great error is more easily propagated than a great truth, because it is easier to believe, than to reason, and because people prefer the marvels of romances to the simplicity of history.”

Source : Charles François Dupuis (2016). “The Origin of all Religious Worship”, p.270, Lulu.com

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