"If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be consumed for their sensual gratification; and thus they will destroy in their lust for enjoyment the property of future generations, of their own contemporaries, and indeed their very own capital."

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Source : Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.44, Regnery Publishing

Russell Kirk

#Men Quotes #Lust Quotes #Sensual Quotes

“If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.”
“Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.”

Source : Danton's Death act 1, sc. 5 (1835) See Vergniaud 1
“I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon,”
“Normally when people ask me what I do I say I'm an actor, and that's what I always wanted to be and that's the way I approach work even when I'm directing it.”
“My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.”
“I love being in a show. I love the community aspect of it. I like the discipline of it, too.”

Source : "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Joel Grey". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. November 25, 2003.
“The Brain is just the weight of God-- For--Heft them--Pound for Pound-- And they will differ--if they do-- As Syllable from Sound”
“My first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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