Magnus Stenbock quotes

Magnus Stenbock quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Idleness only leads to bad deeds”
-- Magnus Stenbock

#Historical Quotes #Deeds Quotes #Idleness Quotes

“I can not be mistaken - what I say and do is historical.I follow my life with the precision and security of a sleep walker”
“A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.”
“Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy.”
“I was not aware of how much I loved 'Canoa' until I saw it after doing 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' and realized that my voice - over about the story's historical context - that narrator - came from 'Canoa'.”
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”
“Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.”
“I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.”
“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”
“I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.”
“He lacks much who has no aptitude for idleness.”

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