Category: Quotations
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Beauty
“… People of both sexes, whose looks are very indifferent at the beginning, may appear almost handsome on futher acquaintance. A well-informed mind, nice manners and a gentle nature — all of these are much more likely to contribute to a husband’s happiness than mere transient beauty.”Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, Pg.…
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In the way
… Strange found himself subject to that peculiarly uncomfortable Natural Law which states that whenever a person arrives at a place where he is not known, then wherever he stands he is sure to be in the way.Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, Pg. 291
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Failure
“My dear Lascelles,” cried Drawlight, “what nonsense you talk! Upon my word, there is nothing in the world so easy to expain as failure — it is, after all, what every body does all the time.”Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, Pg. 77
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Are you busy?
Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy.Charles Peters
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Perfection
Don’t waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence doing your best.Sir Lawrence Olivier
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Knowledge
It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.Enrico Fermi (1901 – 1954)