"Happiness needs one-upmanship."

-- Zygmunt Bauman

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.”
“The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!”
“To cultivate the intellect is therefore a religious duty; and when this truth is fairly recognized by men, the religion which teaches that the intellect should be distrusted and that it should be subservient to faith, will inevitably fall.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1892). “The Martyrdom of Man”
“Wolves eat cats for dinner. By God, I wanna be a wolf. ~Kane Tyler~”
“Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective.”
“As an artist I just think comedic actors are really underrated.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“There be three kinds of unhappie men. 1. Qui scit & non docet, Hee that hath knowledge and teacheth not. 2. Qui docet & non vivit, He that teacheth, and liveth not thereafter. 3. Qui nescit, & non interrogat, He that knoweth not, and doth not enquire to understand.”

Source : Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Sir Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (Earl of) (1853). “The first part of the Institutes of the laws of England: or, A commentary upon Littleton. Not the name of the author only, but of the law itself ...”, p.378
“China has no income tax, no unemployment and not a single soldier outside its borders.”

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