All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.
Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask. - Mary Renault
Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask.
- Mary Renault
The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes. - Mary Renault
The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.
You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it. - Mary Renault
You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.
All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier. - Mary Renault
Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river. - Mary Renault
Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.
Half the world's troubles come from men not being trained to resent a fallacy as much as an insult. - Mary Renault
Half the world's troubles come from men not being trained to resent a fallacy as much as an insult.
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death. - Mary Renault
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death.
It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has sho… - Mary Renault
It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has sho…
One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once. - Mary Renault
One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.
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