"If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that one denial may be sufficient."

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Source : James Burgh (1767). “The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence. In Four Books ...”, p.38

James Burgh

#Denial Quotes #May Quotes #Favour Quotes

“The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.”
“You know you wanna do your career, but at the same time, it could end any day and there are so many things in this industry that are stupid and vain, like photo shoots every day. I have always a struggle with that.”
“Those who do not study their businesses do not stay in business.”
“Judging other people is such a natural and reflex phenomenon that even when somebody advises everybody not to judge anybody, actually he never realised that he has already judged that people judge others.”
“The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.”
“Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.”
“If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.”
“Once you discover that you can, then you must.”

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