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The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician, and the General without an army is but the tame hero of a market town.
“If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all this, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
― The W. Somerset Maugham Collection
― The W. Somerset Maugham Collection
“To Himself Everyone Is Immortal; He May Know That He Is Going To Die, But He Can Never Know That He Is Dead. —Samuel Butler”
― Firefall: SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AND LOCUS AWARDS
― Firefall: SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AND LOCUS AWARDS
“whenever you got your way you wished afterwards that you hadn’t.”
― The W. Somerset Maugham Collection
― The W. Somerset Maugham Collection
“All living beings desire to be happy always, without any misery.”
― Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
― Who Am I?: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
“Childhood is that venomous viper in your bosom pretending to befriend you all along, when in fact, it is the most vicious enemy ever known.”
― Viper in your bosom
― Viper in your bosom
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