"Compassion to an offender who has grossly violated the laws is, in effect, a cruelty to the peaceable subject who has observed them."

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Source : Junius (1807). “Junius: Stat nominis umbra”, p.141

Junius

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“It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm systems and then execution on the field by the players. There are a lot of components to that (other) than just saying it is the highest salary.”
“There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing.”
“A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait.”
“I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.”
“For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.”
“The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to let your heart grow wider and deeper. When your love is truly giving and receiving, those whom you love will not leave your heart even when they depart from you. The pain of rejection, absence, and death can become fruitful. Yes, as you love deeply the ground of your heart will be broken more and more, but you will rejoice in the abundance of the fruit it will bear.”
“Great knowledge brings great sorrow.”

Source : Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax
“Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for.”

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