#mm

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. ↗

— Voltaire

#graces #milton #recommended #sacrifice #sacrificed

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#common #common sense #desiring #distributed #each

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#common #common sense #distributed #fairly #more

I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything. ↗

— Ajay Devgan

#after #anything #comment #definitely #i

I don't want to think about the danger, the life changing events that have fallen into our lives. I just want to live in this moment, right here, right now. ↗

— Brandy Nacole

#emma #inspirational #romance #change

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#book #communication #hard #i #information

I hate committing myself to anything. It's probably the lack of discipline, honestly. I'm probably a spoiled brat worried about getting my way every time. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#anything #brat #committing #discipline #every

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#come #community #conventional #eyes #indefinite

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#any #business #community #cost #gain

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#cold #days #hot #light #march