"When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic."

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Patriotic Quotes #People Quotes #Republic Quotes

“People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them.”
“Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine.”
“No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.”
“I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.”
“The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to the hero.”
“I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.”

Source : Nina Bawden (2011). “Dear Austen”, p.19, Hachette UK
“When we come into this life, we don't really own anything. And we own nothing when we leave. It is only a lease we have during our lifetime, and it is up to us to make the most of it.”
“Direct me gods, whose changes are all holy, To where it flickers deep in grass, the moly.”

Source : Thom Gunn (2017). “Selected Poems of Thom Gunn”, p.89, Faber & Faber

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