"I had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture, but refrained because some politician would be bound one day to revive the dole as a means of ingratiating himself with the people."

-- Augustus

#Mean Quotes #Italian Quotes #Cities Quotes

“It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw.”
“The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.”
“The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.164, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“We're all liars when it serves our purpose.”
“God loves it when His children pray BIG, BOLD PRAYERS. Don't be afraid to ask your Father for anything!”
“Never be content with your current grasp of the gospel. The gospel is the life-permeating, world-altering, universe-changing truth. It has more facets than a diamond. It's depths man will never exhaust.”
“The distinction between private and public undermines the unity of spiritual strength, draining the public of the transcendent energies while trivializing them because the merely private life provides no proper stage for their action.”
“Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital that we are routinely humbled by the reminder that Christian life is grounded, not in what we can do, but what has been done for us and what we need done to us.”

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