"Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings."

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Source : Jan Christian Smuts (1952). “Jan Christian Smuts: a biography”, William Morrow & Company

Jan Smuts

#Kings Quotes #War Quotes #Promise Quotes

“Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer.”
“I hate superheroes. I always hated superheroes. From the time I was a little kid, I could believe in a 50-foot gorilla trashing New York City before I could believe a guy would put on long tights and bat ears and go and fight crime. Like, the fantasy never made sense to me, on a basic level.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, www.avclub.com. July 23, 2009.
“Composition can't really be taught, it is a lifelong learning.”
“Scotland had oil, but it's running out thanks to all that deep frying.”

Source : 10 funniest jokes from the Edinburgh festival fringe 2014, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2014.
“My love of horses began in College Park, with me and 10 friends on two couches and a keg of beer in the back of a truck, heading to Pimlico at 6 A.M. to mark our place in the middle of the Preakness infield, where we never saw a horse run.”
“Only Art is Eternal Wisdom; what is not Art soon perishes. Art is the unconscious love of all things. â€˜Learningâ€™ will cease and Reality will become known when it comes to pass that every human being is an Artist.”

Source : Joseph Beuys (2010). “What is money?: a discussion”, p.1, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
“If you donâ€™t deal with your emotions, one day your emotions will deal with you,”
“After the urine is collected over a couple of days, it's dumped into space, which is beautiful to watch because the urine freezes into a glitter of ice crystals shimmering in the sun.”

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