#fairs

We have, of course, long since ceased to think of Nature as the sympathetic mirror of our moods, or to imagine that she has any concern with the temporal affairs of man. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#any #ceased #concern #course #imagine

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#avoided #been #both #both sides #condition

I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#dog #i #life #me #posh

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#affairs #conduct #desire #down #earth

The best love affairs are those we never had. ↗

— Norman Lindsay

#best #had #love #never #those

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#ever #lose #man #over #public

We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men. ↗

— William H. Macy

#affairs #common #ladies #leading #men

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. ↗

— James Madison

#betray #calculate #every #every nation #loss

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#after #conduct #decisions #foreign #foreign affairs

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse. ↗

— Allan Massie

#bad #because #between #blunders #choice