#owe

When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#burst #came #flower #france #government

And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life. ↗

— Mark Strand

#actual life #course #externals #facts #his

Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless. ↗

— Iain Pears

#philosophy #power #public-service #tyranny #virtue

I don't think a powerful man would be interesting unless he'd be nice, attractive, with or without the power. Men are interested in powerful men. Women are interested in terrific men! ↗

— Dorothy Stratten

#be nice #i #interested #interesting #man

And I'm so thankful that I've been allowed to show another side of Trish. ↗

— Trish Stratus

#another #been #i #show #side

Now, at this point, I can wrestle, I can go out there and cut an entertaining promo, I can also do the backstage stuff... and if you can contribute more to the show, you have more staying power. ↗

— Trish Stratus

#backstage #contribute #cut #entertaining #go

However, I think I managed to reach a new level with Koko, and I will always be grateful for the experience. ↗

— Peter Straub

#be grateful #experience #grateful #however #i

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#empathy #gift #great #great gift #human

For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#himself #left #means #peace #position

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#always #followed #history #immediately #nations