"The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have"

-- E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

#Winning Quotes #Argument Quotes #Contention Quotes

“The bloom is gone, and with the bloom go I.”
“I love music and I love to dance.”
“In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case. Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the fate awaits those who believe promises.”
“The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.”
“Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds therein no recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect, and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled, and all their echoes are the echoes of our own voices.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.122
“I have to do what I'm supposed to do with my life. Don't think less of me.”
“Where the world ends The mind is made unchanging, for it finds Miracle, ecstasy, the impossible hope, The flagstone under all, the fire of fires, The roots of the world.”
“I got up and walked back to my roominghouse. The moonlight was bright. My footsteps echoed in the empty street and it sounded as if somebody was following me, I looked around. I was mistaken. I was quite alone.”

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