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“There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice.”

Eye Retreat Avarice

Book:Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species

Source: Thomas Clarkson and Ottobah Cugoano: Essays on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species

“My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.”

Way Giving Situation Military Battle Excellent Retreat Manly Giving Way Laconic

Author:Ferdinand Foch

“You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.”

Knows Havens Wave Harm Retreat

Author:Jennifer Ehle

“Trust is essential for our social wellbeing. Without trusting the good will of others we retreat into bureaucracy, rules and demands for more law and order. Trust is based on positive experiences with other people an it grows with use. We need to trust that others are going be basically reasonable beings.”

People Needs Use Law Order Social Grows Trust Demand Essentials Reasonable Retreat Bureaucracy Good Will Wellbeing Law And Order Without Trust Positive Experiences

Author:Eva Cox

“Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.”

World Social Achieve Demand Lifestyle Engagement Retreat

Book:Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age

Source: Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age

“I long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat.”

Writing Long I Can Situation Reader Retreat

Author:Aleksandar Hemon