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It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? ↗

— Jane Austen

#attentions #delicacy #flattering #happy #i

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. ↗

— Jane Austen

#argument #being #dreadful #favor #matrimony

Women like silent men. They think they're listening. ↗

— Marcel Achard

#listening #men #silent #think #women

When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#battles #beginning #british #came #century

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment. ↗

— Felix Adler

#been #commercial #commercial world #craving #desire

Murderers will try to recall the sequence of events, they will remember exactly what they did just before and just after. But they can never remember the actual moment of killing. This is why they will always leave a clue. ↗

— Peter Ackroyd

#after #always #before #clue #did

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. ↗

— Richard Bach

#again #before #certain #dismayed #farewell

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. ↗

— Richard Bach

#best way #enjoy #lovely #moment #pay

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection. ↗

— Richard Bach

#burns #fire #jonathan #little #lives

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#age #companions #men #middle #middle age