"In less than seven years the vestiges of the Gothic invasion were almost obliterated, and the city appeared to resume its former splendour and tranquillity. The venerable matron replaced her crown of laurel, which had been ruffled by the storms of war, and was still amused in the last moment of her decay with the prophecies of revenge, of victory, and of eternal dominion."

-- Edward Gibbon

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“The object of a bunker or trap is not only to punish a physical mistake, to punish lack of control, but also to punish pride and egotism.”
“I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to where we are, along with the development of content, which is designed to do nothing else but make you click on it or share it. And I think it's kind of a low goal for content, and I think that's taken us to our current abyss.”

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“You can't change in your own power. If you feel overwhelmed by something bigger than you, let the one who is bigger than all things be the power you need in your weakness.”
“Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive.”
“Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I cant imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.”
“Body and soul: a horse harnessed beside an ox.”
“Mathematics is so much easier than words mathematics makes things clear that words merely muddle and confuse and mess up.”
“The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom.”

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