"Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system."

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Source : "Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.

James Richardson

#Vices Quotes #Attention Quotes #Morality Quotes

“The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes and constitutional protections such as the separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, election of senators by state legislators, the electoral college, no income taxation, most governmental functions performed at the state and local levels, and myriad other constitutional limitations on the powers of the central government.”
“I just like the child's nightmares and therapy, once an experience has found the light of day I'm no longer under its spell, I'm free to tell it. I hope in telling honestly I can in some way help other people to do so also.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over”
“Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question!”

Source : Christopher Smart (1791). “The poems, of the late Christopher Smart, ... Consisting of his prize poems, odes, sonnets, and fables, Latin and English translations; ...”, p.16
“XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files”
“Entrepreneurs need to be positive. Always. Entrepreneurs need to be brave, often. And lastly, entrepreneurs need to be obsessed.”
“You know, it's one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on.”
“Limit your thinking and expectation today to only the things God can do.”

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