"Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation."

-- Jefferson Davis

#Character Quotes #Foundation Quotes #Youth Quotes

“Love and grief and motherhood, Fame and mirth and scorn - these are all shall befall, Any woman born.”

Source : Margaret Widdemer (1917). “Factories, Poems”
“I like autumn. The drama of it; the golden lion roaring through the back door of the year, shaking its mane of leaves. A dangerous time; of violent rages and deceptive calm, of fireworks in the pockets and conkers in the fist.”
“He was impolite while making a point? This is Vlad the Impaler. His points usually come at the end of a long pole.”
“What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.”

Source : Publius Papinius Statius, David Roy Shackleton Bailey (2003). “L207n Statius Ii”, p.191, Harvard University Press
“If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.”
“I didn't know that there was such a thing as butter carving. But then, I poked around a little bit. A quick Google search will show you 55,000 images of butter carvings, and they're extraordinary.”
“It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.”
“Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.”

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