"Men are too unstable to be just; they are crabbed because they have not passed water at the usual time, or testy because they have not been stroked or praised."

-- Edward Dahlberg

#Men Quotes #Water Quotes #Usual Quotes

“The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.”

Source : Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"
“The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished”
“Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is a search for a final and irrefutable demonstration that our absolute truth is indeed the one and only truth. The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.”
“Men are men and women are women. We've tried for tens of thousands of years to lay down hard and fast lines for the sexes to walk upon, and we've failed miserably.”

Source : William John Locke (2008). “The Red Planet (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.268, ReadHowYouWant.com
“What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?”
“Be merry all, be merry all, With holly dress the festive hall; Prepare the song, the feast, the ball, To welcome merry Christmas.”

Source : William Robert Spencer (1835). “Poems”, p.203
“It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.”
“Henceforth, whilst there are a great many theories and models proposed as to how, or why, magic works (based on subtle energies, animal magnetism, psychological concepts, quantum theory, mathematics or the so-called anthropomorphic principle) it is not a case that one of them is more 'true' than others, but a case of which theory or model you choose to believe in, or which theory you find most attractive. Indeed, from a Chaos Magic perspective, you can selectively believe that a particular theory or model of magical action is true only for the duration of a particular ritual or phase of work.”

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