"The Athenians regularly maintained a number of degraded and useless beings at the public expense; and when any calamity, such as plague, drought, or famine, befell the city, they sacrificed two of these outcast scapegoats."

-- James G. Frazer

#Cities Quotes #Two Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by custom?”

Source : Terence (1859). “Comedies of Terence”, p.182
“I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.”
“We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.”

Source : Atlantic Monthly Sept. 1935 "Litany for Dictatorships"
“You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun”

Source : Song: Limp, Album: When The Pawn..., 1999
“I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.”

Source : "Hello? Is This The Country Album You're Looking For?". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. April 2, 2012.
“It's getting harder just to feel alive.”
“Every kid thinks about the Heisman Trophy and dreams about it, but you never think it could happen to you.”
“Um, and I'm also very proud of my work on George of the Jungle 2.”

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