"Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time."

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Fay Weldon

#Desire Quotes #Prudence Quotes

“I always like to be somebody scary. When I was little, my mom used to make our costumes. She's really creative and would make us great costumes without having to spend a lot.”
“The public school has become the established church of secular society.”
“Our scientists all the more occupy advanced positions in the development of world science. By the example of their successes in the field of atomic energy, our scientists and technicians have vividly shown how much the increased might of the Soviet state and the further growth of its international authority depends on their efforts and practical successes.”

Source : Newsweek, Vol. 43, Issues 1-13, (p. 133), 1954.
“Prudence as well as Moral Virtue determines the complete performance of a man's proper function: Virtue ensures the rightness of the end we aim at, Prudence ensures the rightness of the means we adopt to gain that end.”
“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?”
“anyone who has no feelings for animals has a dead heart.”
“No matter how noble the original intentions, the seductions of power can turn any movement from one seeking equal rights to one that would deny them to others.”

Source : Tammy Bruce (2010). “The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds”, p.58, Crown
“One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.”

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