"Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects it, but even its servants are uplifted by the thought that they are members of a whole, which rises high above the life and strength of single generations."

-- Wilhelm von Humboldt

#Life Quotes #Eye Quotes #Men Quotes

“Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, dry up in law; the Muses smell of wine.”
“Sound doctrine is sound politics.”
“First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode.”
“A man is sometimes lost in a dust of his own raising.”

Source : "The Extinguisher Extinguished Or, David M. Reese M.D. Used Up".
“Only to the degree that a musician is healing himself or herself through music can a listener be healed.”
“From its first faint glimmerings, History shews Man's constant progress as a beast of prey. As such he conquers every land, subdues the fruit-fed races, founds mighty realms by subjugating other subjugators, forms states and sets up civilisations, to enjoy his prey at rest.”
“Who knows the tryst a man keeps with the wind and sky.”
“He talked to himself because there weren't many people as learned as he, and he liked to talk to learned people.”

Source : Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers

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