"Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away."

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Source : In Diogenes Laertius 'Lives of the Eminent Philosophers' bk. 1, ch. 58.

Solon

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“In dreams, through longings, we can seeâ€” All latent in the dust of gold These forests that perhaps could beâ€” But that will never, ever, grow.”
“The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act of parliament as one of the most important actions in the history of the animal rights movement. This will energise our efforts to stop hunting with hounds.”
“Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.”

Source : Charles William Eliot, Harvard University (1969). “A turning point in higher education: the inaugural address of Charles William Eliot as president of Harvard College, October 19, 1869”
“They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting.”
“Christians actually need to be confronted by their real need-an understanding of God's holiness and their own sinfulness-so they can be usable to Him for His Glory. When we have a right relationship to God, every aspect of our lives will settle into its divinely ordained place. ... We are still to need other needs but it begins with a high view of God.”
“I grew up Greenville. And I moved to Raleigh some years later.”
“Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.”

Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.14, Grove Press
“God's grace doesn't always come in comfortable forms. But it's still grace, and it's still evidence that He loves us.”

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