"Doom very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend; another to your foe!"

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Source : The Doom Book (Legal Code of Ælfred the Great), 893.

Alfred the Great

#Rich Quotes #Poor Quotes #Doom Quotes

“Ignorance is never better than knowledge”

Source : Quoted in Laura Fermi Atoms in the Family (1954).
“The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency...”
“A good man's prayers will from the deepest dungeon climb heaven's height, and bring a blessing down.”
“We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've never seen before.”
“Do not be afraid to experience your emotions; they are the path to your soul. Emotions erupt to remind us we are alive, that we are human. And to let us know we are growing. Trust yourself enough to feel what you feel.”
“This is not a museum of tragedy. It is not the museum of difficult moments. It is the museum that says -here is a balanced history of America that allows us to cry and smile.”
“When I was a teenager, I was really into hair; I dyed it different colours and had loads of haircuts. I shaved my head when I was 17 - it was pretty radical!”
“You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events of some sorts, frogs and lizards suddenly grew on apple and orange trees instead of fruit, or if roses began to smell like a sweating horse; so I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you.”

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