"To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman."

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Source : Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.18

Hugh Blair

#Unhappy Quotes #Misery Quotes #Cruelty Quotes

“The song becomes the meaning itself through the vibratory qualities. When we begin to catch the vibratory qualities...the song begins to sing us...I don't know anymore if I am finding that song or if I am that song.”
“Eventually, you have to stop picking a fight with your true nature and decide to seek the joy that underlies it all.”
“With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.”
“Biological knowledge is doubling every five years.”
“Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.”
“There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.”
“Young entrepreneurs should spend an awful lot of time thinking about what they want to go into.”

Source : "John W. Kluge, 95, RIP. Entrepreneur, Benefactor to Columbia University" by Dave Lerner, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2010.
“But it must not be forgotten that ... glass and porcelain were manufactured, stuffs dyed and metals separated from their ores by mere empirical processes of art, and without the guidance of correct scientific principles.”

Source : David M. Knight, Justus von Liebig (1998). “The Development of Chemistry, 1789-1914: Familiar letters on chemistry”, p.2, Taylor & Francis

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