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  • “The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed”

    “The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed”

    « Le monde a assez pour les besoins de chacun, mais pas assez pour l’avidité de tous. Mahatma Gandhi «El mundo tiene suficiente para las necesidades de todos, pero no suficiente para la codicia de todos». Mahatma Gandhi

  • “For to win one hundred victory”…

    “For to win one hundred victory”…

    For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Sun Tzu –  The Art of War Wikiquote Sun Tzu: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu

  • “How can you frighten a man whose hunger”…

    “How can you frighten a man whose hunger”…

    How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him – he has known a fear beyond every other. The Grapes of Wrath – Chap 19 – John Steinbeck Comment peut-on effrayer un homme dont la faim ne…

  • “Courage is found in unlikely places”…

    “Courage is found in unlikely places”…

    Courage is found in unlikely places. Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. JRR Tolkien – The Lord of the…

  • “No Sir. In comparison with a great many men, I know that I am a fool”…

    “No Sir. In comparison with a great many men, I know that I am a fool”…

    ‘No, sir. In comparison with a great many men, I know that I am a fool. Perhaps it is because I know that, that I am a Conservative. The Radicals are always saying that a Conservative must be a fool. Then a fool ought to be a Conservative.’ The Duke’s children – Anthony Trollope Chapter…

  • “People never hate you for your weaknesses”…

    “People never hate you for your weaknesses”…

    “People never hate you for your weaknesses ― they hate you for your strengths” P.194 : https://books.google.ch/books?id=DMLPz4rrBIIC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=%22People+never+hate+you+for+your+weaknesses,+they+hate+you+for+your+strengths.%22&source=bl&ots=-NpMLS82Lc&sig=QXFYnpB21OxCTX1KqFbNrJDfBYg&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif2-WEg-XeAhWE_aQKHQ3nBXwQ6AEwAXoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22People%20never%20hate%20you%20for%20your%20weaknesses%2C%20they%20hate%20you%20for%20your%20strengths.%22&f=false

  • You’re alone when you’re at the top

    You’re alone when you’re at the top

    You’re alone when you’re at the top Except when you have true friends Each different Being themselves Surpassing themselves To our greatest pleasure (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • Cicéron, De la République

    Cicéron, De la République

    “La liberté ne consiste pas à avoir un bon maître, mais à n’en point avoir.” Cicéron, De la République   “Freedom is not about having a good master, but not having one.” — Cicero, The Republic «La libertad no consiste en tener un buen amo, sino en no tener ninguno». Cicerón, Sobre la República „Die…

  • I suppose love is an act of courage

    I suppose love is an act of courage

    I suppose love is an act of courage. Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Secret of Chimneys- Miss Marple s05e02  (2010) 

  • It is not equal time the creationists want. … Don’t kid yourself. They want all the time there is. 

    It is not equal time the creationists want. … Don’t kid yourself. They want all the time there is. 

    It is not equal time the creationists want. … Don’t kid yourself. They want all the time there is.  (…) Science is complex and chilling. The mathematical language of science is understood by very few. The vistas it presents are scary—an enormous universe ruled by chance and impersonal rules, empty and uncaring, ungraspable and vertiginous.…