"I cannot believe any man can be perfectly well in body, who has much labor of the mind to perform."

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#Believe Quotes #Men Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.”
“I think we have to be careful saying what we will never do, because what we do is we limit what God has for us by saying what we will never ever do. A lot of times, we miss the right companion, job, or opportunity because we say we won't ever.”
“Now that I'm a free agent I mean to make my own choices, and explain them to nobody if that's what pleases me.”

Source : James Blish (2017). “A Case of Conscience”, p.124, Open Road Media
“Observations of the sickening effect of programmed environments show that people in them become indolent, impotent, narcissistic and apolitical. The political process breaks down, because people cease to be able to govern themselves; they demand to be managed.”
“Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned.”
“I began to learn the importance of lifting things up and looking underneath.”
“It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.”

Source : "John Bercow: 'We need reform. Too bad if it disturbs people's lunch'" by Steve Richards, www.independent.co.uk. July 4, 2010.
“What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national strength, the abilities of ministers, or even with their own dispositions?...I pay no regard whatever to the voice of the people: it is their duty to do what is proper, without considering what may be agreeable.”

Source : "The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox in the House of Commons. Volume I" edited by J. Wright, (pp. 13-14), 1815.

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