"To the Jews, Rome constituted the quintessence of all that was odious and should be swept away from off the face of the earth. They hated Rome and her device, arma et leges, with an inhuman hatred. True, Rome had leges, laws, like the Jews. But in their very resemblance lay their difference; for the Roman laws were merely the practical application of the arma, the arms...but without the arms, the leges were empty formulae."

-- Joseph Kastein

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“I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.”

Source : "Pop Quiz: Travis Baker". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. June 26, 2005.
“The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.”
“Just be yourself. Be honest, work towards a goal, and you'll achieve it.”
“My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.”

Source : Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1838). “The letters of Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. The poetical works”, p.89
“... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.”
“Your word is your bond.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.”
“Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead”

Source : "Tony Blair ‘let Nationalist genie out of the bottle’ in Scotland" by Paul Gilbride, www.express.co.uk. April 8, 2015.

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