Source : Ulpian Fulwell, Roberta Buchanan (1984). “Ars adulandi, or, The art of flattery”
#Truth Quotes #Ends Quotes
“My instrument is the studio. When I play my instrument, I'm creating music using the studio. All the other instruments serve it.”
“Only the right name gives beings and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That's what lies do.”
“We shall be remembered in history as the most cruel, and therefore the most unwise, generation of men that ever yet troubled the earth: the most cruel in proportion to their sensibility, the most unwise in proportion to their science. No people, understanding pain, ever inflicted so much: no people, understanding facts, ever acted on them so little.”
“One thing I have learned in institutions is not to press hard on the fact that their inmates are, like the rest of mankind, sinners; for they, like many others, are liable to confuse the generic term "sinner" with the specific term "criminal." Most of us are so accustomed to admit that we have fallen short of grace and are "miserable offenders," in view of our possibilities and opportunities, that we do not resent being called "sinners"; but not so with our congregation.”
“It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure. [Lat., Jus belli, ut qui vicissent, iis quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent, imperarent.]”
“My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, but she always soaked the labels off first. I don't want them to be anxious about the future, she said. It's not healthy.”
“I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.”
“When did one man ever civilize a people?”
Source : John Lothrop Motley (1856). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: In three volumes”, p.23
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