"The disappointments of life can never, any more than its pleasures, be estimated singly; and the healthiest and most agreeable of men is exposed to that coincidence of various vexations, each heightening the effect of the other, which may produce in him something corresponding to the spontaneous and externally unaccountable moodiness of the morbid and disagreeable."

-- George Eliot

#Disappointment Quotes #May Quotes #Vexation Quotes

“Our success or failure is not in the hands of our leaders. It is in our hands.”
“I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.”

Source : Edward Carpenter (1916). “My days and dreams: being autobiographical notes”
“Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.”

Source : Eric Weiner (2014). “The Geography of Bliss”, p.119, Random House
“Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that's what makes life interesting”
“A dog â€” a dog teaches us so much about love. Wordless, imperfect love; love that is constant, love that is simple goodness, love that forgives not only bad singing and embarrassments, but misunderstandings and harsh words. Love that sits and stays and stays and stays, until it finally becomes its own forever. Love, stronger than death. A dog is a four-legged reminder that love comes and time passes and then your heart breaks.”
“Maybe Iâ€™m weak for music men. Maybe Iâ€™m weak, period. But I couldnâ€™t deny I was charmed by his arrogant, fool-ish guise.”
“Write hard and clear about what hurts.”
“An alert and learned man will take advice from any event.”

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