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A beaten general is disgraced forever. — Ferdinand Foch

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred. — Arthur Golden

When we can lay hold of the Tao of old to direct the things of the present day, and are able to know it as it was of old in the beginning, this is called (unwinding) the clue of Tao. — Lao-Tzu

In that eternity of his, where everybody will be happy, how could he feel the lack of her, the loss of her? — Marilynne Robinson

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover
but will sooner or later find a tyrant. — George Gordon Byron

Once he had a grove of oaks chopped down because they were looking at him. And then insisted that they would be given decent funerals; he gave the orations. Do you have any idea how longs it takes to dig graves for twenty-three oak trees? — Robert Jordan

A Johnson honours his obligations. His word is good and he is a good man to do business with. A Johnson minds his own business. He is not a snoopy self-righteous trouble-making person. A Johnson will give help when neeeded. — William S. Burroughs

There was one activity that Bonhoeffer would enjoy in Barcelona, but could never enjoy in Berlin. That was the arte taurina (bull fighting). Though an aesthete and an intellectual, Bonhoeffer was neither effete nor squeamish. His brother Klaus arrived for a visit on Easter Saturday, and on Easter afternoon - Bonhoeffer preached that morning - they were "dragged" by a German teacher, presumably Thumm, to the "great Easter corrida." He — Eric Metaxas

I don't have writer's block, really. I do have times when I can't get the lead, and that is the only part of the story which I have serious trouble with. I don't write a word of the article until I have the lead. It just sets the whole tone - the whole point of view. — Nora Ephron

Fashion should be stylish and fun. — Twiggy