M Quotes
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“Mistress Mary Quite Contrary”
Source: The Secret Garden
“Mistress of love or of hate, occult science can dispense paradise or hell at its pleasure to human hearts; it disposes of all forms and confers beauty or ugliness; with the wand of Circe it changes men into brutes and animals alternately into men.”
Source: The Dogma of High Magic
“Mistress of the grisly and the glutinous”
“Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane.”
“Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.”
“Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.”
“Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male- I hesitate to say 'man'- or find ourselves in a position over males, the first comment they make is always about our reputations or our monthlies?”
“Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male – I hesitate to say ‘man’ – or find ourselves in a position over males, the first comment they make is always about our reputations or our monthlies?”
One of the new women snorted. Others snickered.
Kel looked at the man, who was momentarily speechless. “If I disagree with you, should I place blame on the misworkings of your manhood? Or do I refrain from so serious an insult” – she made a face – “far more serious, of course, than your hint that I am a whore. Because my mother taught me courtesy, I only suggest that my monthlies will come long after your hair has escaped your head entirely.”
Source: Lady Knight
“Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)
“Mistrust all men, and slay him whom thou mistrustest overmuch; and as for women, flee from them, for they are evil, and in the end will destroy thee.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)
“Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.”
“Mistrust is the fuel for so much mental pain, so many mental disorders. I am not talking here about the suspicions we sometimes have of one another, the distant but lurking sense that perhaps our lover lies to us, our best friend whispers behind our back. I am talking about a belief that betrayal inundates the atoms of the universe, is so woven into the workings of the world that every step is treacherous, and that below the rich mud lies a mine.”
Source: Welcome to My Country
“Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player”
Source: The Game of Chess
“Mistrust is the sure forerunner of hatred.”
“Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.”
“Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.”
Source: Powers of the weak
“Mistrust regarding me?'
'Regarding the world, Ciri. A world in which a deceptive appearance dons the mask of truth to pull the wool over the eyes of another truth - a false one, incidentally, which also tries to deceive.”
Source: Wieża Jaskółki
“Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.”
“Mistrust those in whom the urge to punish is strong.”
“Mistrusts sometimes come over one's mind of the justice of God. But let a real misery come again, and to whom do we fly? To whom do we instinctively and immediately look up?”
Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir
“Mistruths are printed as fact, in some cases, and frequently only half of a story will be told.”
“Mists may blur vision,
Doubts to lies are heavy mists,
Truth clears for all ways."
~ Angelica Hopes, Haiku
an excerpt from If I Could Tell You”
“Misty [May] and I had something magical, and I think at the basis of that was so much trust. Especially in the really competitive situations where it really felt do-or-die, we were unbreakable. We always stuck together, even if we lost we were together.”
“Misty May was looking for a partner, I was looking to stay at home, and the beach just came calling.”
“Misty mountains can be overwhelming to climb, but when you invite God to help you with each climb, you will find peace of mind.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.”
“Misty rain settled on her long eyelashes, forcing her to blink.”
Source: Shantaram
“Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.”
“Misty was a thin slip of gray cloud inside the glass, her features blurred until they disappeared, and she couldn’t even see herself as she nodded and William smiled.”
Source: Every Bone a Prayer
“Misunderstandi ngs happen because we do not understand that different people have different styles of communication.”
“Misunderstanding a culture's symbols is a common root of predujice.”
Source: The Lost Symbol Illustrated edition
“Misunderstanding and distrust—the predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.”
“MISUNDERSTANDING" arises only when you see the things with Closed Eyes”
Source: KISS Life "Life is what you make it"
“Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace.”
“Misunderstanding is a bitter fruit that comes out of the seed of hatred”
“Misunderstanding is common, it is going to happen and almost inevitable
because there are billions of people in the world and each has their own mind, not alike”
“Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.”
Source: The Poisonwood Bible
“Misunderstanding may arise by confusing the Buddhist and scientific definitions of death. Within the scientific system you spoke quite validly of the death of the brain and the death of heart. Different parts of the body can die separately. However, in the Buddhist system, the word death is not used in that way. You'd never speak of the death of a particular part of the body, but rather of the death of an entire person. When people say that a certain person died, we don't ask, "Well, which part died?"”
“Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.”
Source: The Bible Jesus Read: Why the Old Testament Matters
“Misunderstanding of probability may be the greatest of all impediments to scientific literacy.”
Source: Dinosaur in a haystack: reflections in natural history
“Misunderstanding women is a clear sign of scant virility.”
Source: Zeno's Conscience
“Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.”
Source: The sorrows of young Werther, and Novella
“Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.”
Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther (少年維特的煩惱)
“Misunderstandings are a normal part of life, and the outcomes of these depend upon how we choose to react to them.”
“Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view... The best way is to dispel ignorance of the doings of others by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid exchange of thought and intercourse.”
“Misunderstandings arise only in undefined relationships”
Source: The Road Taken
“Misunderstood and Complicated people are one the most interesting subjects considered studying.”
Source: Regrets-All you need to know one's true value
“Misuse of any subject means, one risks and switches on the conflict.”
“Misuse of budget happens when business owners are not able to see far ahead in the future or don’t take the budget seriously.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“Misuse of reason might yet return the world to pre-technological night; plenty of religious zealots hunger for just such a result, and are happy to use the latest technology to effect it.”
Source: The Heart of Things: Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century