“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”
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Live as you would have wished to live when you come to die. -Gellert
Live as you would have wished to live when you come to die. -Gellert
Michel de Montaigne
“I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.”
Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy. -Salman Rushdie
Where there is no belief, there is no blasphemy. -Salman Rushdie
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." – Buddha
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To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. -Clifton Fadiman
To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. -Clifton …
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. -Browne, Sir Thomas
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good. -Browne, Sir Thomas
We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after. -Moliere
We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after. -Moliere
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. -Bossuet, Jacques BeNigne
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity. -Bossuet, Jacques BeNigne
"I wanted this movie to feel as much as possible like a cousin of ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ and Burt Reynolds had that sort of rakish good looks, he did his own stunts, he considered himself sort of a ladies’ man." – Jay Chandrasekhar
“I wanted this movie to feel as much as possible like a cousin of ‘Smokey and the Bandit,’ …
"And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him." – Bible
“And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where …