#rve

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. ↗

— William Temple

#best #company #deserve #distrust #form

Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences. ↗

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

#before #confidence #differences #extension #fervently

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#break #care #condemning #contract #courts

There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#greater #honour #serve #than

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#away #cloudy #day #days #having

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow. ↗

— John Ciardi

#deserve #deserves #give #him #honest

It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document. ↗

— J. Reuben Clark

#constitutes #dependence #document #each #executive

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#clean #covered #dishes #eat #filled

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life. ↗

— James Cromwell

#life #nurture #obligation #pets #preserve

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#body #i #like #more #muscles