Nov 25 2008 08:05 pm
Posted by David under Blog, My photos, Well-known Quotations
Faberge/ The Red Cross Egg/ The Romanov Family/ Auguste Strindberg/ Wendell Phillips
Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural as an oak tree. It comes out of the past; its foundations are laid far back. ~Wendell Phillips, Address, Anti-Slavery Society, 1852
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves that we have no great ones. ~François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665
Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. ~Montesquieu, Variètès
I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something. ~Auguste Strindberg, Miss Julie, 1888
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