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Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#energies #freedom #freedom from #german #german people

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant. ↗

— George Byron

#any #expect #find #gives #later

Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil. ↗

— Lord Byron

#evil #generally #must #mystery #suspected

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#flatters #fool #himself #man #wise

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#faults #loved #more #show #than

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#eye #finds #light #looking #makes

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best? ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#decide #governed #opinion #ought #say

My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life. ↗

— Frederick Wiseman

#american #american life #aspects #different #different aspects

For this will cure him that is sick, and rouse him that is in dumps; one that has loved, it will remember of it; one that has not, it will instruct. For there was never any yet that wholly could escape love, and never shall there be any, never so long as beauty shall be, never so long as eyes can see. But help me that God to write the passions of others; and while I write, keep me in my own right wits. ↗

— Longus

#depression #god #inspiration #instruction #love

When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true. ↗

— Montserrat Caballe

#automatically #experiences #feels #music #ring