“I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence utterly and praise those who fought for its abolition - but also to express our deep sorrow that it could ever have happened and rejoice at the better times we live in today.” BelieveTodayI BelieveChanceExistenceHappenedSorrowOffersPraiseTradeSlaveRejoiceShamefulAbolitionSlave TradeDeep Sorrow Author:Tony Blair
“Sorrow in the tongue will talk itself cured, if you give it a chance; but sorrow in the eyes has a wicked, wicked way now and then of leaking into the brain.” IfsWayGivingEyeChanceBrainSorrowTongueWickedNow And ThenGive It A ChanceWicked Ways Book:The Sick-a-Bed Lady: And Other Tales Source: The Sick-a-Bed Lady: And Other Tales
“I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.” KnowsMenHappensJoyChanceDestinyFateSorrowEvery ManPortionsJoys And SorrowsPredetermined Author:Seneca the Younger