"The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Passion Quotes #Duration Quotes

“As during the time of kings it would have been naive to think that the king's firstborn son would be the fittest to rule, so in our time it is naive to think that the democratically elected ruler will be the fittest. The rule of succession is not a formula for identifying the best ruler, it is a formula for conferring legitimacy on someone or other and thus forestalling civil conflict.”
“Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life”
“Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat.”

Source : Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk
“The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.”
“I was actually raised around a lot of children. So, I'm very comfortable around children.”
“I don't know that the conservatives truly realize this yet, but they are talking about repealing the mandate that says you must have health insurance, and they're talking about repleaing the taxes that help to finance it.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.”

Source : Romain Rolland (1911). “Jean-Christophe”
“Even genius is tied to profit.”

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