"All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil."

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Source : Ellis Peters (2016). “Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles”, p.309, Head of Zeus Ltd

Ellis Peters

#Evil Quotes #Use Quotes #Misuse Quotes

“You don't need the fame to be vital.”
“The fundamental activity of medical science is to determine the ultimate causation of disease.”
“I'd say that on 'Friends' my character was the guy bouncing around the room. I'm no longer that guy, necessarily, in my life. I used to be. But I'm not now.”
“There are certain fixed rules that one observes for one's own comfort. For instance, never be flippantly rude to any inoffensive grey-bearded stranger that you may meet in pine forests or hotel smoking-rooms on the Continent. It always turns out to be the King of Sweden.”
“Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?”
“The discipline of programming is most like sorcery. Both use precise language to instruct inanimate objects to do our bidding. Small mistakes in programs or spells can lead to completely unforseen behavior: e.g., see the story, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Neither study is easy: "...her [Galinda's] early appetite for sorcery had waned once she'd heard what a grind it was to learn spells and, worse, to understand them." from the book "Wicked" by G. Maguire.”
“But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.”
“Conservation must become before recreation.”

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