"Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law) their application is to be changed with the changing circumstances of the times. Some persons may call this retrogression, I call it progression of human opinion."

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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“A copious manner of expression gives strength and weight to our ideas, which frequently make impression upon the mind, as iron does upon solid bodies, rather by repeated strokes than a single blow.”
“I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.”
“Theres some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.”

Source : "Don Novello's a man of many words, whether he's Father Guido Sarducci, scribbler Lazlo Toth, or even a political candidate" by Heidi Benson, www.sfgate.com. September 18, 2003.
“I'm acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business. I was born to act, and life itself is the greatest part.”
“Who set Rome on fire? The man we must admire. For killing his wife, and taking the life of mother and brother and so many others, while plucking his damnable lyre.”

Source : Paul L. Maier (1991). “The Flames of Rome”, p.298, Kregel Publications
“Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment of women, moving women into the workplace; our feelings about our role in the world. All of that comes in a very direct way out of World War II.”
“The government can help, but we need to make this transition now to a recovery led by private investment, private.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. July 25, 2010.
“There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.”

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