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“ To lead means to direct and to exact and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin the generality and God (the Word). ”

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Borders are scratched across the hearts of men, by strangers with a calm, judicial pen, and when the borders bleed we watch with dread the lines of ink along the map turn red.

~ Marya Mannes

It's never what you say but how you make it sound sincere.

~ Marya Mannes

Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.

~ Marya Mannes

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

~ Marya Mannes