"The Sicilian tyrants never devised a greater punishment than envy."

-- Juvenal

#Punishment Quotes #Tyrants Quotes #Envy Quotes

“The first version of everything is janky,”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 9, 2014
“Some men enjoy the constant strife Of days with work and worry rife, But that is not my dream of life: I think such men are crazy. For me, a life with worries few, A job of nothing much to do, Just pelf enough to see me through: I fear that I am lazy.”
“We cannot separate ourselves from those whom we call the 'lower' animals. They are lower in the scale of evolution, but they, like us, are members of the One Family. We must not take away the life of any creature. Indeed, we must never take away that which we cannot give. And as we cannot restore a dead creature to life, we have no right to take away its' life.”
“Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I don't know what that means. Does that mean the taxi driver leaves his wife or doesn't leave his wife? I think it has a happy ending.”
“The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle girdeth the weak.”
“The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant.”
“That's what's good about life - that you always learn.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.”

Source : Lactantius (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Lactantius (Annotated Edition)”, p.46, Jazzybee Verlag

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