"The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality."

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Lord Acton

#Democracy Quotes #Vices Quotes #Morality Quotes

“First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art.”
“Sufering is only intolerable when nobody cares. One continually sees that faith in God and his care is made infinitely easier by faith in someone who has shown kindness and sympathy.”
“Itâ€™s an interesting sign of the times that models are being booked for jobs and covers because of their following on a social media platform, I walked in the Balmain show for Olivier Rousteing. If you rounded up all the numbers of the majority of his line-up, there would be upwards of 10, 15 million followers.”
“Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.230, Simon and Schuster
“Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life”
“I don't like bullies. No one has a right to take or to hurt just because they can.”
“Give into love or live in fear.”

Source : "Rent". Musical by Jonathan Larson, 1996.
“I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of people close to them or lives they have heard about as the raw material for their creativity.”

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