#own

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body. ↗

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly. ↗

— Democritus

#blindness #excepting #folly #gifts #give

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. ↗

— Demosthenes

#believes #dupe #easiest #generally #his

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish. ↗

— Demosthenes

#foolish #known #men #proved #sound

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion. ↗

— Demosthenes

#against #democracies #despots #especially #generally

I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#career #family #find #forward #get

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts. ↗

— Ruth St. Denis

#hearts #our #own #silent #spiritual

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it. ↗

— Judi Dench

#advice #anybody #find #give #how

I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down. ↗

— Judi Dench

#down #homes #i #old #ought

It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better. ↗