#ben

The mass of the people commence life with no other capital than the union of head, hearts and hands. To the benefit of this best of capital the wife has no right. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#best #capital #commence #hands #head

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. ↗

— Albert Camus

#bend #blessed #broken #hearts #never

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#anxiety #beneath #constantly #english #englishman

I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets. ↗

— Robin Trower

#bend #frets #hands #i #notes

I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government. ↗

— Joe Wilson

#balanced #benefit #conservative #could #discussion

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich. ↗

— Gavin Rossdale

#benefit #couple #i #i think #lawsuits

There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#beneath #land #magnitude #more #orders

Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps. ↗

— Ernest Bramah

#bends #road #short #steps #take

Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#always #bent #care #country #defence

For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should have an allowance therefrom, it gave me hopes I should receive a benefit thereby. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#amongst #benefit #estate #estates #gave