"The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question."

-- Samuel Richardson

#Wise Quotes #Judging Quotes #Use Quotes

“To disarm while being best armed, out of an elevation of sensibility-that is the means to real peace....”

Source : Ben Macintyre (2013). “Forgotten Fatherland: The search for Elisabeth Nietzsche”, p.195, A&C Black
“The fact is that Democrats are not for tax cuts.”
“For the Members of the Assembly having before their eyes so many fatal Instances of the errors and falshoods, in which the greatest part of mankind has so long wandred, because they rely'd upon the strength of humane Reason alone, have begun anew to correct all Hypotheses by sense, as Seamen do their dead Reckonings by CÅ“lestial Observations; and to this purpose it has been their principal indeavour to enlarge and strengthen the Senses by Medicine, and by such outward Instruments as are proper for their particular works.”
“I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater.”
“The source of faith is the Word of God.”
“They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.”
“Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.”

Source : Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.37, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“â†‘ top up position down The fact that I suspect I'm an ***** means I probably am not, because a real ***** doesn't think he's an asshole, does he? Therefore, by realizing that I'm an asshole, I am in fact negating that very realization, am I not? Descartes's Asshole Axiom: I think I am; therefor I'm not one.”

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