Quotes, July 2005
01. Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
- Bertrand Russel
02. It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.
- Robert H. Jackson
03. Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.
- Thomas Paine
04. If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you and may posterity forget that ye were once our countrymen.
- Samuel Adams
05. The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
- William Somerset Maugham
06. No mind is much employed upon the present: recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
- Samuel Johnson
07. Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
- Jules Renard
08. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
- Winston Churchill
09. The maxim of the British people is 'Business as Usual'.
- Winston Churchill
10. I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
- Winston Churchill
No quotes July 11-24 due to vacation
25. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.
- St. Augustine
26. History teaches us that when a barbarian race confronts a sleeping culture, the barbarian always wins.
- Arnold Joseph Toynbee
27. That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
- Bill Watterson, American cartoonist "Calvin and Hobbes"
28. Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
- Thucyclides
29. Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
- George Eliot
30. How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
- Marcus Aurelius
31. Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his Reason.
- Martin Luther
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