"The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree."

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Source : Thomas Campbell, J. Logie Robertson (1884). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.215, Ardent Media

Thomas Campbell

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“The Australian form of self-respect, however rough-and-ready, heart-of-gold, come-and-take-pot-luck-with-us, and matily extrovert it is, essentially, genteel, ingrowing, self-pitying, vanilla-ice-cream hearted, its central fear a fear of intellect.”
“Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.”
“In our lust for measurement, we frequently measure that which we can rather than that which we wish to measure... and forget that there is a difference.”
“I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.”
“If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.”
“Grief is like a wheel that goes around and around the world.”
“People who have experienced nothing love to tell stories while people who have experienced a great deal suddenly have no stories to tell at all.”

Source : Daniel Kehlmann (2010). “Fame: A Novel in Nine Episodes”, p.23, Vintage

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