“My good opinion once lost is lost forever.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.”
— Will Durant, book The Story of Civilization
Source: The Story of Civilization
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American historian, philosopher and writer 1885–1981Related quotes
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Source: My Several Worlds (1954), p. 52 - 53
Context: Every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless. To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future. Fate, Mr. Kung taught me, is not the blind superstition or helplessness that waits stupidly for what may happen. Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance.