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Civilization, or "the system" or "society" or whatever you want to call it, is best served not by mules but by free men.
One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.
Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not.
I may be forty, but every morning when I get up, I feel like a twenty-year-old. Unfortunately, there's never one around.
Sports like baseball, basketball, and hockey develop muscles. That's why Americans have the strongest eyes in the world.
And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them
Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form.
Anglers...exaggerate grossly and make gentle and inoffensive creatures sound like wounded buffalo and man-eating tigers.
I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.
I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal.
Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.
It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight.
However the world pretends to divide itself, there are only two divisions in the world today - human beings and Germans.
A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems.
Polonium is, frankly, pretty useless, and no country in the world except Russia bothered to refine it by the late 2000s.
People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it.
Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.
Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.
If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.
We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.
In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.
You cannot give me an instance of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time contriving not to have tedious hours.
Our senses, our appetite, and our passions are our lawful and faithful guides in things that relate solely to this life.
Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.
It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.
Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment.
If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.
I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.
Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; The good, the true, the tender - these form the wealth of home.
I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted.
And they all lived happily ever after (barring death, divorce, arrest for tax fraud, that incident with the pool boy...)
My heart jumps out of its cage to see what the fuss is about. Damn thing. Always so hopeful, but my voice hides it well.
Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is having an affair. Be very suspicious.
There was a species of middle pretty who smiled at everything: happy smile, disappointed smile, you're-in-trouble smile.
I'm sorry to burden you,' she said. She felt like a crybaby. 'What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them?
Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
The concept of zero is attributed to the Hindus. The Hindus were also the first to use zero in the way it is used today.
People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it.
Don’t be stupid, Jess.” – Abigail “Brains don’t exactly run in my family. Suicidal lunacy, on the other hand…” – Sundown
Talon glanced wistfully at his drink as he debated what should take priority. 'Coffee... Daimons... Coffee... Daimons...
Desi, babe. Still playing your little games, I see. Now why don't you be a good Daimon and show yourself to me? (Kyrian)
I, for one, am exhausted. I’ve been threatened, beaten, bitten and killed, and that was just in the last hour. (Jericho)
Can you take human form in daylight? (Talon) Obviously so. Ever tried to answer a phone without opposable thumbs? (Vane)
Why can’t you ever answer a simple question? (Wulf) Ask me a simple question and you will get a simple answer. (Acheron)
Rule One, boy: shoot first then ask questions Rulw Two, Double tap just for good measure. Better safe then sorry. -Bubba
You are just so helpful, Andrei. (Esperetta) I try to be, Princess. (Andrei) And you fail with such panache. (Esperetta)