"Prepare for war, since you have been unable to endure a peace."

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Source : "Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 30". Book by Livy, www.perseus.tufts.edu. 1949.

Scipio Africanus

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“Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless.”
“Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.”
“It doesn't matter if we were down 3-0. You've just got to keep the faith. The game is not over until the last out.”
“When I want to reward myself I get a relaxing massage.”
“You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There's traditionally been two different ways of seeing addiction. Either it's a sin and you're a horrible bad person and you are just choosing to be hedonist or it's a chronic progressive disease. And while I certainly believe addiction is a medical problem that should be dealt with by the health system, the way we've conceptualized addiction as a disease is not actually accurate, and it has unfortunately become stigmatizing and it's also created a lot of hopelessness in a lot of people.”
“The system - the American one, at least - is a vast and noble experiment. It has been polestar and exemplar for other nations. But from kindergarten until she graduates from college the girl is treated in it exactly like her brothers. She studies the same subjects, becomes proficient at the same sports. Oh, it is a magnificent lore she learns, education for the mind beyond anything Jane Austen or Saint Theresa or even Mrs. Pankhurst ever dreamed. It is truly Utopian. But Utopia was never meant to exist on this disheveled planet.”
“I hope that people don't need to look at the liner notes to be affected by the music.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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