:: selected from Wikiquote.org ::
Ⅰ They should rule who are able to rule best.
Ⅱ It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
Ⅲ The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.
Ⅳ Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
Ⅴ Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Ⅵ Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.
Ⅶ But the greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.
Ⅷ I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
Ⅸ He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
Ⅹ We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will reveal to us something natural and something beautiful.
Ⅺ Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Ⅻ It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of reason is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.
ⅫⅠ Wit is well-bred insolence.
ⅩⅣ It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
And finally...
ⅩⅤ The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things—and that means having exalted notions.
They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones:
Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning....
All their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently.
They overdo everything; they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.
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But before you read her post, I want to say I *really* do share the same feelings but I’m so used to city-living now and I love keeping up i.e. wearing, not just purchasing, the latest trends and fashions (but I discipline and restrict myself, plus I’ve had years of personal hands-on shopping ‘training’ from my mother (!)) that sometimes a missing item, a carelessly misplaced object, or an accidentally lost personal accessory is a secret, guilty joy to expose, over-wear, abuse and exploit something new. 
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the SENTIMENTS EXPOSED in Cordelia’s post … 
… read on… 
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