#ay

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin. ↗

— Mary Astell

#commit #endure #greater #greatest #grief

He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. ↗

— Mary Astell

#always #just #must #neither #right

We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness. ↗

— Mary Astell

#being #born #fit #happiness #happy

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#implies #lovers #nothing #opposite #using

I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevitable and logical. ↗

— Sean Astin

#definitely #feeling #felt #going #i

My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation. ↗

— Sean Astin

#diet #i #know #moderation #terrible

Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water. ↗

— Christopher Atkins

#brooke #different #i #loved #might

The first stage I preformed on were the stairs to the hallway in the living room. There was a really nice platform, and when people were sitting in the living room, it was kind of an elevated platform and we would put on shows and skits. ↗

— Sean Astin

#first #hallway #i #kind #living

If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too. ↗

— Chet Atkins

#halfway #hear #like #public #something

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#itself #love #may #ought #reveal