"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."

-- Tacitus

#Peace Quotes #Freedom Quotes #War Quotes

“The moons of Uranus seem to have got a twist.”

Source : Robert Stawell Ball (2010). “Star-Land: Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens”, p.227, Cambridge University Press
“When I'm riding in a car, I don't really listen to music. I turn the radio off and just be thinking, brainstorming. I'm one of these people that just like to brainstorm.”

Source : Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. November 27, 2005.
“I'm a complete and utter busker.”
“Ye country comets, that portend No war, nor prince's funeral, Shining unto no higher end Than to presage the grasses fall. . . .”
“I don't edit information, I follow it.”
“The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.”
“The successful painter is continually painting still life.”
“If you hold a bird too tightly, you'll crush its wings”

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