#vere

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compliment #him #his #kind #lie

Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, nor any other language, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of severe examination before the Supreme Judge, answer for this corner of the earth. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#any #before #come #corner #day

He was a god above her, powerful, beautiful, larger than life. The light brought out the latent gold of his hair. The shadows contoured the perfect form of his body. Light and shadows converged in his eyes, bright lust, dark anger, and something else. Something else entirely. She recognized it because she’d seen it in the mirror so many times: a bleak, austere loneliness. ↗

— Sherry Thomas

#sherry-thomas #vere #anger

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#find #most #persevere #persist #possible

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#dreams #equality #i #law #liberty

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#discovered #doing #ever #fear #keep

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#chooses #cope #every #facilitate #find

I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#best #critic #find #i #me

This writer, and all others of his stamp, should remember that the colonies are now in a state of revolt and rebellion against their rightful sovereign. ↗

— James Chalmers

#colonies #his #now #others #rebellion

All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#alert #countries #high #illness #immediately