Gavito Cigars Quotes & Sayings

Had we a privilege of calling up by the power of memory only such passages as were pleasing, unmixed with such as were disagreeable, we might then excite at pleasure an ideal happiness, perhaps more poignant than actual sensation. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances. — Lauren Graham

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one. — Pope John XXIII

To the present writer a careful study of the facts now available seems to leave no doubt that civilization was born at the southeast corner of the Mediterranean. — James Henry Breasted

Battles are won one by one and enemy battalions are destroyed one at a time. Factories are built one at a time. Farmers cultivate one plot after another. We serve ourselves the total amount of food we can consume, but we eat it spoonful by spoonful; to eat it in one go would be impossible.This is known as the piecemeal solution. — Neel Mukherjee

One reason chronic diseases are so rarely cured is that in many cases, essential curative steps make people miserable for a time, while steps that aggravate the disease make people feel better. — Paul Jaminet

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. — Fisher Ames

The ultimate intuitions and insights will only approach one who lives in his work and remains there, and whoever considers them from afar gains no power over them. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Although deceit is detestable in all other things, yet in the conduct of war it is laudable and honorable; and a commander who vanquishes an enemy by stratagem is equally praised with one who gains victory by force. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Universal peace-time conscription was adopted by almost all countries as the basis of their military system. This ensured that wars would grow bigger in scale, longer in duration, and worse in effects. While conscription appeared democratic, it provided autocrats, hereditary or revolutionary, with more effective and comprehensive means of imposing their will, both in peace and war. Once the rule of compulsory service in arms was established for the young men of a nation, it was an obvious and easy transition to the servitude of the whole population. Totalitarian tyranny is the twin of total warfare - which might aptly be termed a reversion to tribal warfare on a larger scale. — Liddell Hart

It isn't much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building. — Andrew Vachss

There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear. — Wally Amos

And Green held him right back, whispering quietly, "It's okay. You're going to be okay now. I've got you. I never meant to hurt you. I swear. I didn't know. I promise you I didn't. I never would've gone out with her. Why didn't you just tell me? Damn you." Ruxs — A.E. Via

When you hate someone you used to love, and you think he's done something awful - he probably has. — E. Lockhart