Wisdom Quotes · Page 73
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“In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom.”
“Who knows what true loneliness is — not the conventional word, but the naked terror?”
“As to honour — you know — it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of.”
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
“Our sweat and our blood have fallen on this land to make other men rich.”
“We must learn his lessons and put his views into practice, so that we may truly be free at last.”
“Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.”
“To know how just a cause we have for grieving is already a consolation.”
“The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.”
“The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.”
“Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.”
“Men are like that, they can resist sound argument, yet yield to a glance.”
“Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.”