#retain

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#genuine #love #neither #nor #own

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#certain #day #death #exceeding #fine

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#century #form #full #longer #nations

I've appointed a task force to take a fresh look at the color-code system and whether we should retain it, change it or scrap it. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#change #force #fresh #fresh look #i

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#got #once #only #retains #wisdom

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#changes #does #image #people #retained

Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#different #different ways #how #i #much

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#integrity #love #love is #oneself #outside

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#correct #guided #integrity #lose #matters

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle. ↗

— Stanley Kubrick

#art form #conveys #emotions #form #hope