#ran

I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant? ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#been #egoism #future #god #hidden

We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#even #grand #great #ideals #life

You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge. ↗

— Chris Morris

#interest #knowledge #maintain #more #only

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for a long time were major creditors for Greece and Greek banks. ↗

— Mario Monti

#banks #creditors #done #france #french

Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations. ↗

— Mario Monti

#assessment #best #companies #competition #considerations

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#broken #heart #how #make #must

We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

#confirmed #cruel #destructive #forces #grandiose

No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France are very different. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#august #become #climate #conditions #courts

Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank with the greatest railroad leaders in history. ↗

— John Moody

#great #great men #greatest #history #leaders

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car. ↗

— John Moody

#appearance #boat #canal #car #made