"To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend."

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Jacques Derrida

“Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.”
“I'm a very boring person.”
“Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant.”
“There is nothing wrong with being poor; but there is everything wrong with remaining poor after you have discovered your riches in Christ.”

Source : The Daily Telegraph, 1977.
“A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.”
“We professional athletes are very lucky. Unlike most mortals, we are given the privilege of dying twice - once when we retire and again when death takes us.”
“Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the same fish alive; a number of subtle explanations were offered to him. He then pointed out that it does not.”

Source : Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.108, A&C Black
“There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it, fresh life and strength surging in his blood and bracing his limbs.”

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