"A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away."

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Source : "The wit and wisdom of Boris", www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2007.

Boris Yeltsin

#Government Quotes #Pairs Quotes #Sock Quotes

“Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.”
“I'm of the school of thought where, if you can't sort something out for yourself, no one can help you. Rehab is great for some people but not others.”
“I don't even know if Stephenie [Meyer] could tell you why she was so fixated on [Twilight] very, very contained story about these very obsessive characters. It's just an anomaly.”
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

Source : An Essay on Criticism l. 525 (1711). The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs notes, "Although known in Latin (humanum est errare, it is human to err) and in earlier English versions, this saying is generally quoted in Pope's words." The ODP cites "To offend is humaine, to repent diuine" (Henry Wotton, 1578) and "To erre is humane, to repent is divine" (James Howell, 1659).
“I like going to New York. I like the galleries and the theatre and the restaurants and bars and music. I think that city is more alive than Los Angeles.”
“Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.”
“As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.”
“A page of good prose remains invincible.”

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