Circumstances Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

“That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.

— Miguel de Cervantes

“How, in the first place, did a peripheral island rise from primitive squalor to world domination?”

— Thomas Sowell

“It was as though I'd glimpsed a foreign kingdom through a magic casement. The lost land I longed for.”

— Sarah Singleton

All that is noble in the world's past history, and especially the minds of the great and good, are, in like manner, never lost.

— James Martineau

“Where once there were deep forests and blue rivers and streams, the island was a barren land now. The forests were gone. The rivers…

— Sudha Murty

The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention,…

— Noam Chomsky

Other lands may have their charms, and the sunny skies of other climes may be regretted, but it is with pride and gladness that…

— Isabella Bird

I cannot live on an island of prosperity when I'm surrounded by a sea of misery.

— Ayrton Senna

“ONE ART The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss…

— Elizabeth Bishop

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant…

— Margaret Thatcher

“When character is lost, nothing is lost; when wealth is lost, something is lost; but when health is lost, everything is lost.”

— Tapan Ghosh