"It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families."

-- Pythagoras

#War Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Passion Quotes

“We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico.”

Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.19
“Other creatures receive food simply as fodder. But we take the raw materials of the earth and work with themâ€”touch them, manipulate them, taste them, glory in their heady smells and colors, and then, through a bit of alchemy, transform them into delicious creations.”
“Well, Iâ€™ve learnt this much: it doesnâ€™t matter what it costs, itâ€™s worth paying the price. You canâ€™t live cheap and you canâ€™t live for nothing. Pay the price and be proud youâ€™ve paid it, thatâ€™s what I reckon.”
“Habits of prayer need careful cultivation.”
“It is important to know how influential people think and perceive their countrymen, let's say, especially when you are talking about people in power. I think it can be very revealing how they regard themselves and their relationship or their responsibility to their countrymen. That is vital for us all to know and in order to be able to judge them and evaluate them.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.”

Source : Charles Babbage, Anthony Hyman (1989). “Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage”, p.116, Cambridge University Press
“I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me.”
“Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that cannot be helped. He who has not learned to practice it is a fool.”

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