Her virtue was that she said ...

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn\'t amount to much.
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
 Peter Ustinov

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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