"Charles was constitutionally incapable of being a constitutional monarch."

-- Simon Schama

#History Quotes

“How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.”
“I shall praise those faces which seem to project out of the picture as though they were sculptured, and I shall censure those faces in which I see no art but that of outline.”
“A mother's love is like a fortress, And we seek protection there, When the waves of tribulation, Seem to drown us in despair.”
“I could've had moments when I could've said, "You know what? Let me make another film; this is taking a long time to get distributed." It can be difficult to stay passionate. You have to be that passionate and be prepared for it to get what it deserves. Make sure you have a really good team going in at the beginning and don't have people in your team that aren't there 100%.”
“We all want to do the will of God, and we know that there is nothing nearer to His heart than the evangelization of the world.”
“But I think what we're coming to grips with is the fact that we actually have a mercenary Army, and it doesn't have a nice ring to it. We call it 'volunteers', but we're basically paying people to serve their country. And if you're going to pay people and have a mercenary Army, you're going to have to pay the market rate. And so the bounties are going upâ€”more money for tuition, higher enlistment bonusesâ€”and I think it's appropriate.”
“Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?”

Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin
“I wouldn't dream of following a fashion... how could one be a different person every three months?”

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