"A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently."

-- Benjamin Franklin

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“Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.”
“To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification.”
“I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss politics intelligently in a 4-minute song. But I am finding there are ways to get bits and pieces of political thought across without preaching that the people have the power or we shall not be moved. Of course these sentiments have their place too - I'm not knocking Phil Ochs - but that's a different kind of music, songs to play at rallies, not to achieve a state of bliss.”

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“You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.”
“Sometimes you just need to go through a door.”

Source : Ransom Riggs (2011). “Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children”, p.86, Quirk Books
“I go where the lizards tell me.”
“All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.”
“Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. The greatest picture is not yet painted, the greatest play isn't written, the greatest poem is unsung. There isn't in all the world a perfect railroad, nor a good government, nor a sound law. Physics, mathematics, and especially the most advanced and exact of the sciences are being fundamentally revised. . . Psychology, economics, and sociology are awaiting a Darwin, whose work in turn is awaiting an Einstein.”

Source : Lincoln Steffens (1931). “The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens”, p.126, Heyday

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