"All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people"

-- Henry Adams

#People Quotes #Evil Quotes #Taxation Quotes

“Pain collected into deep pockets and I was aware of this painbut somehow I could not seem to feel it. It was like a body-deafness.”
“Bethlehem and Golgotha, the Manger and the Cross, the birth and the death, must always be seen together.”
“I want to use things I learn about writing in my acting, and vice versa.”
“The great style icons are tomboys”
“And somewhere from the dim ages of history the truth dawned upon Europe that the morrow would obliterate the plans of today.”

Source : Jaroslav Hašek (1993). “The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War”
“I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.”
“Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.”
“Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed.”

Source : Horatius Bonar (1867). “Hymns of Faith and Hope. New edition. [Selected from Series 1-3.]”, p.113

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