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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote: “Character, in great and little things…”

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

October 30, 2021 1749, August 28, German, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Quotes by Poets

Norman Finkelstein Quote: “I earn – I’m not – …”

I earn – I’m not – I don’t want to claim I’m a scholar of great stature, but I have made a certain reputation for myself, I’ve published several books, I’ve never been able to get a permanent teaching job.

October 26, 2021 1953, American, December 8, Norman Finkelstein, Quotes by Educators

Louis MacNeice Quote: “I would have a poet able…”

I would have a poet able bodied, fond of talking, a reader of the newspapers, capable of pity and laughter, informed in economics, appreciative of women, involved in personal relationships, actively interested in politics, susceptible to physical impressions.

October 18, 2021 1907, British, Louis MacNeice, Quotes by Poets, September 12

Edward Snowden Quote: “For me, in terms of personal…”

For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission’s already accomplished. I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated. Because, remember, I didn’t want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.

October 8, 2021 1983, American, Edward Snowden, June 21, Quotes by Activists

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote: “I have a dream that one…”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

October 5, 2021 1929, American, January 15, Jr., Martin Luther King, Quotes by Leaders

Napoleon Bonaparte Quote: “To do all that one is…”

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

October 4, 2021 1769, August 15, French, Napoleon Bonaparte, Quotes by Leaders

Gloria Steinem Quote: “I’m a freelance person, and I’ve…”

I’m a freelance person, and I’ve always been able to support myself.

October 4, 2021 1934, American, Gloria Steinem, March 25, Quotes by Activists

Petrarch Quote: “To be able to say how…”

To be able to say how much love, is love but little.

September 29, 2021 1304, Italian, July 20, Petrarch, Quotes by Poets

John Thorn Quote: “This was nostalgia in the literal…”

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one’s home and family.

September 20, 2021 1947, American, April 17, John Thorn, Quotes by Historians

Hernan Cortes Quote: “Among these temples there is one…”

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

September 5, 2021 1485, Hernan Cortes, Quotes by Leaders, Spanish

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