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“It is easy to become the dupe of a deferred purpose, of the promise the future can never keep ...”
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“Hate is a fear, and fear is rot That cankers root and fruit alike, Fight cleanly then, hate not, fear not, Strike with no madness when you strike.”
Source : Robert Graves, Beryl Graves, Dunstan Ward (1999). “Complete poems”, Carcanet Pr
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“Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.”
Source : 'Dèclaration des droits de l'homme' 24 April 1793, article 25
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“Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.”
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“I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.”
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“The attainment of justice is the highest human endeavor.”
Source : Florence Ellinwood Allen (1965). “To Do Justly”, Cleveland : Press of Western Reserve University
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“I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.”
Source : "Sue Townsend: 'I hate it when people call me a national treasure'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2010.