"Hurry? I have no time to hurry."

-- Igor Stravinsky

“I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do.”
“The Lord works through deeply flawed people, since He made so few of the other kind.”

Source : Timothy B. Tyson (2007). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, p.8, Broadway Books
“Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to turn into”
“There is a rhythm in life, a certain beauty which operates by a variation of lights and shadows, happiness alternating with sorrow, content with discontent, distilling in this process of contrast a sense of satisfaction, of richness that can be captured and pinned down only by those who possess the gift of awareness.”
“Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.”
“I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.”
“I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.”

Source : Elizabeth Moon (2004). “The Speed of Dark: A Novel”, p.221, Ballantine Books
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”

Source : "The Prince". Book by Niccolo Machiavelli, Ch. 22, 1513.

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