#rivalry

Differences between Catholic and Protestant countries did not incite rivalries between European states, or cause the growing sense of national identity and, sometimes, isolationism that was developing among the countries of Europe. These were happening anyway, for a complex variety of political and economic reasons. But religious differences did, at times, contribute to them—for example in Spain, where the inward-looking institutions of the Counter-Reformation seemed aimed at creating a nation of soldiers and ecclesiastics in great contrast to the outgoing, trade-based, profit-minded society of the Calvinist Netherlands. These generalizations hide many local variations—there were busy Spanish merchants, and contemplative, spiritual, people in many Protestant lands. But travelers across Europe remarked on the increasingly striking differences between nations. ↗

— Fiona MacDonald

#business

You chase off every man that’s ever been interested, and you do it without even trying. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#jealous-hero #jealousy #possessive #possessive-hero #possessiveness

Girls can be so petty and jealous. I swear they're worse than guys sometimes. Except they're all quiet about it. They sugarcoat it or else they talk behind each other's backs. It's seriously twisted. ↗

— Melody Carlson

#jerks #rivalry #life

There ought to be some mode of life where all love is good, where one love can't compete with another but adds to it. ↗

— William Golding

#rivalry #life

And you, Percy, are my favorite son. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #poseidon #sibling-rivalry #battle

It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry. ↗

— Mike Tice

#great #had #lose #rivalry #shame

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. ↗