"Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive."

-- Terry Pratchett

#Ideas Quotes #Dragons Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.”
“All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: no matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will create no more problems.”
“I loved, as I still love, the most monotonous life possible ...”
“At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the subject of education, is a certain form of energy; the object to be gained is economy of his force; the training is partly the clearing away of obstacles, partly the direct application of effort. Once acquired, the tools and models may be thrown away.”
“Good fortune almost always makes some change in a man's behavior - in his manner of speaking and acting. It is a great weakness to want to bedeck oneself in qualities which are not his own. If he esteemed virtue above all other things, neither the favors of fortune nor the advantages of position would change a man's face or heart.”
“Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics/ And the Catholics hate the Protestants/ And the Hindus hate the Muslims/ And everybody hates the Jews.”
“We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.”
“In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don't make mistakes.”

Source : "Chris Brown Blasts Grammy Appearance Critics" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. February 15, 2012.

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