Lester B. Pearson Quotes

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.

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• No one should be left to suffer alone.

  

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• Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.

  

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• What is wealth? A dream of fools.

  

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• Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.

  

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• I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools.

  

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• The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in our health, or we suffer in our soul, or we get fat.

  

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• When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer.

  

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• I never meant it," he was saying. "Never meant it to happen. Can't stand it, seeing her suffer. Must do something, do something... What do I do? What can I do...?

  

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• Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.

  

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• Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are saved, will become for us eternal joys. When infirmities, pains, or any adversities afflict us, let us lift up our eyes to heaven and say, "One day all these pains will have an end, and after them I hope to enjoy God forever."

  

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• The world has been made by fools that men should live in it.

  

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• The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.

  

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• Some people seem to be born to suffer.

  

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• Fools make news, and wise men carry it.

  

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• New is a word for fools in towns who think Style upon style in dress and thought at last Must get somewhere.

  

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• Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her.

  

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• A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.

  

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• The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

  

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• Like Muslims we assume that God will judge us "on balance." If our good deeds outweigh our bad deeds, we will arrive safely in heaven. But, alas, if our evil deeds outweigh our good ones, we will suffer the wrath of God in hell. We may be "marred" by sin but in no wise devastated by it. We still have the ability to balance our sins with our own righteousness. This is the most monstrous lie of all.

  

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• I teach at the Stanford Business School, and about half of my students are foreign, many of whom, I hope, will stay and build businesses in U.S. But I must tell you that they also have opportunities to come back to India and start great companies and operations.

  

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• Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.

  

  Lester B. Pearson
  • Suffer
  • Fools
  • Dean Acheson