William Gilmore Simms Quotes
The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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Don't let the Disney princess hair fool you.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Really hairy backs on men turn me off. I'm not into the ape thing at all. Or beer bellies and flabby arms, either. Also, one random nose hair which is longer than the others... that's gross.
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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At fashion shows, my brows often get bleached, and they've been dyed back much darker - like jet black, where you can't even see my skin. Sometimes with Just for Men! What a mistake. At times, the two brows aren't even the same color!
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But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
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Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.
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All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
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Men are separated by so many petty things.
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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.
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I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.
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God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
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If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
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Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.
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If God is as real as the shadow of the Great War on Armistice Day, need we seek further reason for making a place for God in our thoughts and lives? We shall not be concerned if the scientific explorer reports that he is perfectly satisfied that he has got to the bottom of things without having come across either.
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Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.
