"The American continents, by the free and independent condition that they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonisation byany European powers? In the wars of the Europeanpowers inmattersrelating to ourselves, we have never taken any part; nor does it comport with our policy to do so."

-- John Quincy Adams

#War Quotes #Taken Quotes #Independent Quotes

“The Lord who gave us Earth and Heaven Takes that as thanks for all He's given. The book he lent is given back All blotted red and smutted black.”
“a defiant deed has greater value than unnumerable thousands of words ...”
“Notes are expensive... spend them wisely”
“when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets lost -- the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed.”
“There's so much we can learn from dogs to become better humans.”
“Pity is exhaustible. What a terrible discovery!”

Source : Enid Bagnold (1935). “A diary without dates”
“It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.”

Source : Nevil Shute (1954). “Slide rule: the autobiography of an engineer”
“Those elegant delights of jig and vaulting.”

Source : William Congreve, Elijah Fenton (1779). “The Works of the English Poets”, p.333

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