“My rejection at the Salon brought an end to my hesitation [to settle in Paris] since after this failure I can no longer claim to cope... alas, that fatal rejection has virtually taken the bread out of my mouth.” I CanEndsTakenMouthsClaimsBreadSettlingParisRejectionAlasHesitationSalons Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“To claim power over what you do not understand is not wise, nor is the end of it likely to be good.” EndsWiseClaimsBe Good Book:The farthest shore Source: The farthest shore
“When I started making enough money to afford high-end, fancy skincare products with sexy bottles and impressive claims, I decided to give them a try. As a result my skin acted up and got irritated. I think sometimes women may be overcleansing their skin. Some products and masks can be too aggressive and irritating for certain skin types. I believe the more simple, natural, and easy the skin care regime, the better off your skin will be.” ThinkingGivingTryingBelieveMayEndsSometimesEnoughCareCertainI BelieveEasyNaturalSimpleResultsProductsTypeDecidedSkinsClaimsSexyFancyMaskBottlesAggressiveRegimesBetter OffImpressiveIrritatingIrritatedSkin Care Author:Jennifer Aniston
“Such was the end of Philip (II, king of Macedonia) ...He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes (Greeks), while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.” YearsEndsGrowthKnownSupportPositionArmsKingsFameResourcesClaimsDuesGreekEmpiresThronesDiplomacyPhilipProwessMacedoniaCordiality Author:Diodorus Siculus
“The claims of existing social arrangements and of self interest have been duly allowed for. We cannot at the end count them a second time because we do not like the result.” Has BeensEndsSelfSocialInterestResultsClaimsArrangementsSelf Interest Book:A Theory of Justice Source: A Theory of Justice
“[Vathek] has, in parts, been called, but to some judgments, never is, dull: it is certainly in parts, grotesque, extravagant and even nasty. But Beckford could plead sufficient "local colour" for it, and a contrast, again almost Shakespearean, between the flickering farce atrocities of the beginning and the sombre magnificence of the end. Beckford's claims, in fact, rest on the half-score or even half-dozen pages towards the end: but these pages are hard to parallel in the later literature of prose fiction.” EndsHardFactsLiteratureHalfFictionJudgmentPagesClaimsLocalsSufficientColourDullProseScoreDozenContrastNastyParallelsAtrocitiesExtravagantGrotesqueMagnificenceFarce Author:William Thomas Beckford