"A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power."

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Source : 'Diana of the Crossways' (1885) ch. 1

George Meredith

#Beauty Quotes #Witty Quotes #Treasure Quotes

“Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.”

Source : "From the TV sofa to the dugout: Alan Shearer plots grand return". Interview with Paul Hayward, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.
“But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!”
“Thought is impossible without words.”
“I learned early to understand that there is no such condition in human affairs as absolute truth. There is only truth as people see it, and truth, even in fact, may be kaleidoscopic in its variety. The damage such perception did to me I have felt ever sinceI could never belong entirely to one side of any question.”
“The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.”

Source : John H. Schaar (1981). “Legitimacy in the Modern State”, p.321, Transaction Publishers
“A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.”
“It's an honor and privilege to be next to the great mysteries, and that's what I get to do every day. Why are we here? How beautiful the Earth is. Whatever it is, large and small. There's so much that's beautiful and moving and sad, to experience that and find shapes for it, to deeply enter that meditative space. There's nothing like it. Everything else seems so pale.”
“In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life.”

Source : Farewell remarks, 1845.

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