"Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me."

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Pierre Loti

#Istanbul Quotes #Names Quotes #Enchanting Quotes

“That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.”
“Economists typically think that your happiness goes up as you get more money, but the more you have, the less each additional dollar matters. This means that you value money most in times when you have less income and more expenses.”
“It's an important thing to remember where you came from.”
“The criminal misuse of time was pointing out the mistakes. Catching themâ€•noticing themâ€•that was essential. If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement. The part of the man's statement that was true, however, was about the uselessness of speaking up. If I know that the teacher is wrong, and say nothing, then I remain the only one who knows, and that gives me an advantage over those who believe the teacher.”
“Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get.”

Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.11
“That's what I mean by this sense of erasure. You're inside some event or spectacle and you know you're complicit in it, but there really is no external.”
“We need to increase access to health insurance through Health Savings Accounts and high deductible policies, so individuals and families can purchase the insurance that's best for them and meets their specific needs.”
“Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.”

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