"But the fact that the word "chattel" has survived as the inclusive legal term for all movable goods, points, not merely to the great importance of cattle in primitive times, but to the importance of the notion of sale or barter in generating the institution of property."

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Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”

Edward Jenks

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“Soldiers in arms! Defenders of our soil! Who from destruction save us; who from spoil Protect the sons of peace, who traffic or who toil; Would I could duly praise you, that each deed Your foe's might honor, and your friends might read.”
“I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him.”
“I was obsessed with the scientific instruments people were building and all the weird experiments they were doing. I did actually wind up working in some of that, but there were whole sections I'd written about these instruments that ultimately had to be abandoned when I realized that the book really was about Margaret Cavendish. I couldn't justify using all of them.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“A father is a thousand schoolmasters.”

Source : Louis Nizer (1963). “Between you and me”
“I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.”
“I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me.”
“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”

Source : Henry Rollins (1992). “Art to choke hearts ; & Pissing in the gene pool: collected writing 1985-1987”, 2 13 61
“I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.”

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