"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."

--

H. L. Mencken

#Freedom Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Men Quotes

“I'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.”
“T'was a thief said the last kind word to Christ. Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft.”
“There is an ideological colonization we have to be careful of that tries to destroy the family.”
“Advice to artists: always take the opportunity to shut up.”
“Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus admits a complete community of enjoyment; for all, freely participating in the general treasure, unconsciously aid in its preservation.”
“Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to [money management]; for. ... want of attention to pecuniary matters ... has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.”

Source : William Cobbett (2012). “Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.”, p.62, tredition
“A lot of people didn't get to see Butler's skills throughout the course of the season.”
“Metaphysics is a science.”

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