#him

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#finds #goes #himself #level #step

If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#being #commits #error #errors #essential

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#country #friends #himself #i #man

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off. ↗

— Steve Prefontaine

#hey #him #i #inside #just

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#assassin #boy #bravest #chose #complex

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#friend #him #pay #won #worth

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#easily #formidable #great #great deal #himself

All I could feel was this warm liquid running down my neck. You automatically think it's blood, it's all in split seconds, so I decided to say I didn't agree with him. ↗

— John Prescott

#automatically #blood #could #decided #down

I see this fella built like a barn door... and there's all these fox hunters, who didn't like me, screaming and shouting and as I walked past him I looked at him and he hit me with something. ↗

— John Prescott

#built #door #fella #fox #him

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#anything #before #confidently #good #good man