"O subtle love! a thousand wiles thou hast, by humble suit, by service, or by hire, to win a maiden's hold,--a thing soon done, for nature framed all women to be won."

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Source : Torquato Tasso “Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem”, Library of Alexandria

Torquato Tasso

#Humble Quotes #Winning Quotes #Done Quotes

“To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street and sees the sky and the woods, and is a man again. In their eternal calm, he finds himself.”
“I think the social faux par is probably what most people fear... more people fear public speaking than death and that's because we don't want to make a fool of ourselves. It's fundamental.”
“Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get, but that's kind of like cheating.”
“Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.”
“romances and marriages are usually over long before they are over.”

Source : Mimi Sheraton (2004). “Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life”, Large Print Press
“The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits.”
“I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.”
“The world is not the illusion. It's you who are the illusion.”

Source : Chuck Hillig (2007). “Seeds for the Soul: Living as the Source of who You are”, p.235, Sentient Publications

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