"A woman's best qualities are harmful if..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
A woman's best qualities are harmful if undiluted with prudence.
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“Friendship exists outside our modern economy of scarcity... It's not about apportioning vanishing resources of time and energy. Friendship is a blessed relic of the ancient economy of the gift, and the time freely given to people dear to you actually creates magical abundance.”
“The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.”
“What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.”
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“The wise fools who sit in the high places of justice fail to see that in revolutionary times vital issues are settled not by statutes, decrees and authorities, but in spite if them.”
“In all I wish, how happy should I be,Thou grand Deluder, were it not for thee?So weak thou art that fools thy power despise;And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.”
“Success = 1 part work plus 1 part play plus 1 part keep your mouth shut”