"I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power"

-- Thomas Willis

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“May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the architect of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die, that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand deep and secure.”

Source : "Divus Augustus". Book by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus translated by Robert Graves, 1957.
“The Catholics had been in the position of oppressors, and the Protestants of the oppressed”
“I want to seize fate by the throat.”
“I especially denounce the terrible mass murders, which I cannot understand ... I never ordered any killing or tortures where I had the power to prevent such actions!”
“The public takes little notice of those who want to abolish abortion. They are dismissed as extremists. If I were to argue that all abortions should be banned, the ethical discussions would go round in circles.... My view is that the only way forward is to argue for a reduction in the time limit... saving some lives is better than saving no lives at all. I hope pro-lifers will come to share my view that some progress is better than no progress.”
“Anything we were studying in school, like math, or understanding somebody's behavior outside of school, kind of worked its way into something I could understand by way of a musical experience I'd had or something I'd heard.”
“Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.”
“I have my diehard R&B fans on one side of the spectrum and my diehard pop and dance fans on the other side of the spectrum.”

Source : Source: screenrant.com

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