"Navarette, a Chinese missionary, agrees with Leibniz and says that "It is the special providence of God that the Chinese did not know what was done in Christendom; for if they did, there would be never a man among them, but would spit in our faces."

-- Matthew Tindal

#Men Quotes #Chinese Quotes #Special Quotes

“The best university is the university of life.”
“Mental strength is extremely important. We must be able to put troublesome people out of our minds. They should not be able to distract our focus.Â This relates to casting our cares on the Lord (1 Peter 5:7).”
“Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense.”

Source : The Brothers Grimm, Yei Theodora Ozaki, Lewis Carroll, Hans Christian Andersen, Alexander Afanasiev, J. Macgowan, Madame Gabrielle de Villeneuve, Joseph Jacobs, Andrew Lang, Charles Perrault, and many others “Classic Fairy Tales: Fairy Stories Every Child Should Know”, Slavamax BVBA
“It's a sort of piss-take on culture, because a drag queen is a clown - a parody of our society. It's a sarcastic spoof on culture, which allows us to laugh at ourselves - but in a way that is inclusive of everyone.”
“But I am in the gambling business, for good or ill; it is the business I have chosen, and the only governing rule that we all recognize is: always sit close to an exit and never trust a man who doesn't sweat.”
“It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one.”
“I am no apologist for Fidel's [Castro] regime. It is, after all, a totalitarian regime. So I would like to see that change.”
“We begin our public affection in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen.”

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