"It is in disputes as in armies, where the weaker side sets up false lights, and makes a great noise, to make the enemy believe them more numerous and strong than they really are."

-- Jonathan Swift

#Strong Quotes #Believe Quotes #Army Quotes

“Fear is the anticipation of the pain in the future. Anger is the remembrance of pain in the past. Hostility is wanting to get even.”
“Like cats and ice cream, showers were among life's simple, uncomplicated pleasures.”

Source : Mary Jo Putney (2000). “The Burning Point”, Berkley Publishing Group
“laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing, nothing but the old way of tears ...”
“What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration; second, the desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom; and third, European unity has been tried before, and the outcome was far from happy.”
“I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,â€ said Joanna. â€œIt arouses all my worst instincts.”
“I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.”
“Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.”
“The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.”

Source : Michael Faraday (1859). “Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics”, p.471

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