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last updated: November 28, 2023

[Christianity] neither enjoins the nastiness of the Cynic, nor the insensibility of the Stoic.
-- George Berkeley

Source : George Berkeley (1871). “Alciphron: or, The minute philosopher. 1732. Siris. 1744”, p.178

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stoicism is the fundamental characteristic of the French.
-- Gertrude Atherton

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The stoicism that comes of endurance has something of death in it.
-- Mary Catherwood

Source : Mary Hartwell Catherwood (2012). “Lazarre”, p.344, tredition

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“I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it?”
“I visited the Museum of Modern Art and viewed the exhibition of Picasso's sculptures, and I couldn't help but think about what it would be like to have a room full of school children explore Picasso's approach to making art.”

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“First, let's look at the importance of the young adult in the cigarette market. In 1960, this young adult market , the 14 to 24 age group, represented 21% of the population. As seen by this chart, they will represent 27% of the population in 1975, they represent tomorrow's cigarette business, as this 14 -24 age group matures, they will account for a key share of the total cigarette volume -- for at least the next 25 years .”
“A lot of people now think Im a shoe. They dont even know I was a tennis player. The shoe has really taken on a life of its own, way beyond me.”
“Success will be when every child in the world has access to a service like Childline and knows that someone who cares is just a phone call away”
“What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than oneâ€™s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?”
“And Iâ€™m yours,â€ I tell him. â€œForever and always and then some.”
“There are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on justice, not on injustice; on public tranquility, not on violence; on freedom, not on enslavement. It must weave a social fabric in which the most important strands are a devotion to truth and a commitment to righteousness. These are essential ingredients of the American way of life. They are the necessary conditions for the achievement of freedom and human progress the world over.”
“I came, I saw, God conquered.”
“It doesn't make any difference what religion you are, or how young you are or how old you are-if they go to these abortion mills and stand there and pray-that would make a lot of difference.”