"Every political sect has its esoteric and its exoteric school--its abstract doctrines for the initiated; its visible symbols, its imposing forms, its mythological fables, for the vulgar."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

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“Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one to satisfaction with the things given in this world, whereas pain and suffering drive one to seek a more profound happiness beyond the limitations of this world.”
“Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been in the cool place, but I wasn't really cool - I was trying to pass for hip or cool. It's the awkwardness that's nice.”
“I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.”
“I thought... their elegance... lies not so much in their clothes as in their bodies, and their bodies have received it, and continue to unceasingly receive it, from their souls, which are just like yours, lovely Simonetta.”
“Fair summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore: So fair a summer look for never more. All good things vanish, less than in a day, Peace, plenty, pleasure, suddenly decay. Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year; The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.”

Source : 1592 Summer's Last Will and Testament,'Song'.
“Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.”
“That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We`re going to raise the estate tax for wealthy, very wealthy people.”

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