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The next day the two sisters went to the ball, and so did Cinderella, but dressed more magnificently than before. The King's son was always by her side, and his pretty speeches to her never ceased. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#ball #before #ceased #cinderella #day

There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help. ↗

— Steve Perry

#concern #definition #fend #god #gods

All this occupied his thoughts when he revisited the places of his war. Tramping over soil fed by the blood of men he had led and whose faces now stirred in his memory, it was his wife's response that came - as if in compensation for too little said before - when he wondered why his wandering had led him back to these old battlefields: in his sixty-ninth year he was establishing his survivor's status. ↗

— William Trevor

#survivor #war #age

It does not take age to be a sage, neither does it require rage to have the courage to be a sage in this day and age. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#sagacity #wisdom #age

McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands. ↗

— Fred Perry

#got #out #sit #stands #where

Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#character #daughter #daughters #elder #had

A man convinced against his will is not convinced. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#convinced #his #man #will

My couch is coffee-colored. I can thank Starbucks and clumsiness for that. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#coffee #couch #funny #funny

I ended up in college by accident. Everything in my life, I ended up in by accident. I was down south in this high school doing whatever. It could just not contain me. I quit school and took off and traveled around. Nobody knew where I was I just couldn't handle it anymore. It was a big scandal, I was gone. I left. ↗

— Pauley Perrette

#anymore #around #big #college #contain

So, it takes a lot of chance and luck. I mean I was lucky enough to get in the program where people with the same skills never made it to the program. So keep trying. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#enough #get #i #keep #lot