#fairs

It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame! ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#affairs #alone #casual #detests #enough

The Germanic invasions in the West could not and did not in any way alter this state of affairs. ↗

— Henri Pirenne

#alter #any #could #did #germanic

I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#am #citizens #concise #constant #few

Once again the mastermind was Lionel Curtis, and the earlier Round Table Groups and Institutes of International Affairs were used as nuclei for the new network. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#again #curtis #earlier #groups #institutes

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State. ↗

— Duc De Richelieu

#essential #first #secrecy #state

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs. ↗

— Will Rogers

#any #else #manage #nation #now

China and the United States have major influence in international affairs and shoulder important responsibilities in upholding world peace and promoting common development. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#china #common #development #important #influence

Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#angels #answer #charge #govern #man

It's a crying shame we don't play more parks and fairs. I would love to go right to the Chamber of Commerce or whoever they are, so that we could get involved in a different way. ↗

— Davy Jones

#commerce #could #crying #different #different way

And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current state, completely dependent on her? Or is it my sense of humour, my willingness to tease her, to joke my way into painful, secret places? Do I help her understand herself? Do I make her happy? Do I do something for her that her husband and son can't do? Has she fallen in love with me? As the days pass and I continue to heal, my body knitting itself back together, I begin to allow myself to think that she has. ↗

— Mohsin Hamid

#dependence #happiness #helplessness #love #pathetic