#ore

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#because #exalted #fool #gold #his

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#confined #everything #humdrum #labored #limited

It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. ↗

— John Major

#back #basics #consideration #core #core values

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less. ↗

— John Major

#less #little #more #needs #society

I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character. ↗

— John Major

#changed #character #i #me #more

Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors. ↗

— John Major

#comic #forever #great #remembered #ronnie

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. ↗

— John Major

#before #conservative #could #different #i

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years. ↗

— John Major

#afghan #ago #back #britain #come

I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there. ↗

— Lee Majors

#coaching #could #did #few #get

Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain. ↗

— Mako

#artist #been #capable #combat #course