"Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity."

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Source : Aphra Behn (2015). “Oroonoko: the Royal Slave: Souls Needed for You”, p.91, 谷月社

Aphra Behn

#Curiosity Quotes #Novelty Quotes

“The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.”
“Moon is like Soul. Clouds are like all the situations in our life, relationships, youth, etc. Wind is like the Time. Just like the wind moves the clouds, Time moves all the situations in our life. But the soul is always the same and not on the temporary situations. One who focuses on soul is a moon-like person....”
“I used to work at UPS I got fired for unloading packages into my car.”
“In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.”
“...Cops just surrounding me with pistols everywhere. They put me in the backseat of their car handcuffed, Pushed out them chests like they're big rough and tough. A cop come and said 'You'll never sell your guns now.' I said 'It doesn't matter, you'll sell them anyhow. You take the guns from me, you sell them for a fee; Anyway you put it, they'll get in the city!'”
“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.”
“I look forward to the day when there are more women politicians accepted in their own right and not as women politicians.”
“I am not my thoughts, feelings, circumstances of changing events in life, I am the awareness, the alertness, the changeless which remains present behind it.”

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