Daily Quotes II
14 years ago
General
“One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every game and con there's always an opponent, and there's always a victim. The trick is to know when you're the latter, so you can become the former.” -Mr. Green, Revolver
"Dying is easy, it takes a strong man to face the world"
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." - Joseph Conrad
"Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable." - (attributed to) William Shakespeare
"With foxes, we must play the fox." - Thomas Fuller
"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind." - Francois de la Roche Foucauld
"Better to write for yourself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self." -Writer Cyril Connolly
Videre Videnda
"Dying is easy, it takes a strong man to face the world"
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." - Joseph Conrad
"Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable." - (attributed to) William Shakespeare
"With foxes, we must play the fox." - Thomas Fuller
"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind." - Francois de la Roche Foucauld
"Better to write for yourself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self." -Writer Cyril Connolly
Videre Videnda
Looking back on it I figured I should do a couple of quotes instead of one
"A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy." -Jean Racine
"We all wear masks and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing our own skin." - André Berthiaume
"If an injury has to be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
"Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different, yet, tomorrow is too often a repetition of today." - James T. McKay
"Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most people of thought believe in providence." - Honore de Balzac
and finally,
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.. (military 101)" -
Calaystia
hope you enjoyed them
"A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy." -Jean Racine
"We all wear masks and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing our own skin." - André Berthiaume
"If an injury has to be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
"Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different, yet, tomorrow is too often a repetition of today." - James T. McKay
"Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most people of thought believe in providence." - Honore de Balzac
and finally,
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.. (military 101)" -
Calaystiahope you enjoyed them
Signed-
Your Soundless Vulpes Vulpes
Calaystia
~calaystia
Eee good ones today <3
SilentFox35
~silentfox35
OP
awww thanks Cal *hugs*
broken_dragon
~brokendragon
I know it's technically not part of the journal itself, but I love the quote about writing for yourself.
SilentFox35
~silentfox35
OP
I do too, I saw it in an episode of Criminal Minds so I had to put it in my header.
broken_dragon
~brokendragon
Haha. Some of the best quotes are found in the least expected places, it seems.
SilentFox35
~silentfox35
OP
indeed...the ones that don't have any person credited in my header and footer are by myself...after a conversation with a buddy of mine, they came outta no where lol
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