#stan

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state. ↗

— John Locke

#flux #long #nothing #remains #same

The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that. ↗

— Francis Lockier

#bible #book #chiefly #divine #necessary

If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V is right, then everything for which the United States stands and has always stood is wrong. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#charles #days #empire #everything #right

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#between #bridge #difference #emotional #forms

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#characterized #heady #instantaneous #sixties #solutions

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#great #great advantage #philosophy #substantially #system

I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it! ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#book #could #designer #dirty #doctor

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself. ↗

— Louis XIV

#himself #little #man #who #withstand

A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent. ↗

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

#bashful #distant #eyes #gentle #gentleman

I understand people, and I think that my life and my history and what I represent can relate to a lot of the women, the independents, the moderate voters. ↗

— Mia Love

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