Quotes
Authors
John Rae

"When engaged in safe occupations, and living in healthy countries, men are much more apt to be frugal, than in unhealthy, or hazardous occupations, and in climates pernicious to human life. Sailors and soldiers are prodigals. . . . War and pestilence have always waste and luxury, among the other evils that follow in their train."

Source : John Rae (1834). “Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy: Exposing the Fallacies of the System of Free Trade, and of Some Other Doctrines Maintained in the "Wealth of Nations."”, p.123

John Rae

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“a lot of people have been telling me how brave I am. I've always thought it was a mistake to get a reputation for courage, on the grounds that if you acted bravely once, people would expect you to act courageously again, and you might be having an off day.”
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“True values entail suffering. Thatâ€™s the way we think. All in all, we tend to view melancholia as more true. We prefer music and art to contain a touch of melancholia. So melancholia in itself is a value. Unhappy and unrequited love is more romantic than happy love. For we donâ€™t think thatâ€™s completely real, do we?â€¦Longing is true. It may be that thereâ€™s no truth at all to long for, but the longing itself is true. Just like pain is true. We feel it inside. Itâ€™s part of our reality.”
“The liberal understanding of 'the separation of church and state' means that as the area of politics expands, the area of private freedom - religious and otherwise - shrinks.”
“God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.”
“Some of the angles that photographers get on court are not always flattering.”
“A broken heart heals when we allow the healing to go as deep as the wound went”
“Through waves and clouds and storms His power will clear your way; Wait for his time; the darkest night Shall end in brightest day.”

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