#not

The world cannot be governed without juggling. ↗

— John Selden

#governed #juggling #without #world

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. ↗

— John Selden

#idolatry #man #opinion #own #thought

Philosophy is nothing but discretion. ↗

— John Selden

#nothing #philosophy

I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#future #hate #i #may #those

Your allegiance is with your spouse; you cannot break that by showing allegiance to your ex-spouse. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

#break #cannot #showing #spouse #you

I cannot permit you to disrupt the Paramount schedule. ↗

— David O. Selznick

#disrupt #i #paramount #permit #schedule

I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#afraid #always #i #lot #ludicrous

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#another #child #children #dad #did

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#friction #gem #man #nor #perfected

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#another #fault #find #give #great