"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us."

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Source : Eric Temple Bell (1945). “Men of Mathematics”

Eric Temple Bell

#Comfort Quotes #Fool Quotes

“We don't need no thought control.”

Source : "Another Brick in theWall (Part 2)" (song) (1979)
“Karen Handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign.”
“Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for certain Chinese dishes . . . .”
“It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.”

Source : "Openly-Gay Congresswoman Proposes New Marriage Act". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 18, 2011.
“Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.”
“I write horror because I enjoy it. I'm endlessly fascinated by the supernatural, by death, by darkness. And, to be honest, I don't have much choice. This is the way my mind works.”
“In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.”
“You never know anyone until you marry them.”

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