"For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“We just have to go after our game plan.”
“The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.”
“War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.”

Source : Charles Mackay (1846). “Voices from the Crowd: And Other Poems”, p.23
“Degas is a master of creating compositions that don't look composed.”
“Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.”
“Man is the only living being who has a developed self-awareness and death-awareness.”

Source : "Mourning and Funerals - For Whom". The Watchtower magazine, June 1, 1977.
“There are many ways of giving thanks. Eating turkeys doesn't have to be one of them.”
“Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.”

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