"The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit."

-- Edward Gibbon

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“I love my city and I feel like the majority of the people that are in the city are people from other cities. So I think that L.A. sometimes might get a bad rap because it's known to be so Hollywood-oriented and then underneath that you have crime. But that's really the case in pretty much any major city that you go to.”

Source : "Ben McKenzie, Regina King and John Wells Visit Southland". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. September 04, 2009.
“I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999. It just didn't feel good.”
“Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.”
“Massive immigration brings with it cultures that are sometimes in contradiction with our values.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams”
“Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.”
“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”

Source : "Fictional character: William Hundert". The Emperor's Club, www.imdb.com. 2002.
“Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.”

Source : "On Kim Cattrall’s Childfree Perspective" by Laura Carroll, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2015.

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