#person

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#cannot #fact #felicity #fortunate #his

Certainly I feel like I'm the tip of the arrow at times because certainly the national media wants to talk about the fact that I'm a black Republican and some people think of that as zany that a black person would be a conservative but to me what is zany is any person black, white, red, brown or yellow not being a conservative. ↗

— Tim Scott

#any #arrow #because #being #black

I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position. ↗

— Tim Scott

#district #find #i #i see #move

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it. ↗

— Walter Scott

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Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question. ↗

— Willard Scott

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Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own. ↗

— Charles Scribner, Jr.

#forces #means #mind #own #person

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South. ↗

— Big Sean

#coast #detroit #down #east #east coast

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin. ↗