"It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun"

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Source : 'Discourses concerning Government' (1698) ch. 2, sect. 23.

Algernon Sidney

#Light Quotes #Sun Quotes #Candle Quotes

“Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.”
“You will say that I am old and mad, was what Michaelangelo wrote, but I answer that there is no better way of being sane and free from anxiety than by being mad.”

Source : David Markson (1988). “Wittgenstein's Mistress”
“Please don't kill me, I'm nice.”
“I adore my black skin and my kinky hair. The Negro hair is more educated than the white man's hair. Because with Negro hair, where you put it, it stays. It's obedient. The hair of the white, just give one quick movement, and it's out of place. It won't obey. If reincarnation exists I want to come back black.”

Source : Carolina Maria de Jesus (2005). “Beyond All Pity”
“Immigration reform is important in our country. We have a lot of employers over on the beaches that rely upon workers and especially in this high-growth environment, where are you going to get people to work to clean our hotel rooms or do our landscaping? We don't need to put those employers in a position of hiring undocumented and illegal workers.”
“If you desire ease, forsake learning. If you desire learning, forsake ease.”
“When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.”
“America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences.”

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