#ought

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#first #often #our #repent #scarce

I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you. ↗

— Bonnie Tyler

#because #do you know #fashion #gone #i

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#beings #cannot #find #human #human beings

My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#even #less #like #memory #most

I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#always #boyfriend #came #had #i

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. ↗

— John Tyler

#apt #aptly #compared #coquette #elude

I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#also #because #came #could #crazy

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#country #disgrace #fame #fearing #general

I always had this idea that, 'Sure, I wished I was a boy and felt more like a boy and all of that.' But I wasn't, so I would deal with it. And I for some reason thought there were other lesbians that felt that way and that was just part of that community. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#boy #community #deal #felt #had

One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought. ↗

— Daniel Boone

#charming #country #day #diversity #every