"The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry."

-- Simone Weil

#Faith Quotes #Lying Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Kids have *_____ never* taken guidance from their parents. If you could travel back in time and observe the original primate family in the original tree, you would see the primate parents yelling at the primate teenager for sitting around and sulking all day instead of hunting for grubs and berries like dad primate. Then you'd see the primate teenager stomp up to his branch and slam the leaves.”
“As in a theatre, the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage, are idly bent on him that enters next.”
“After about 25 medals, you run out of shoulder to put them on.”
“Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.”

Source : "Civilization Envy" by Jonah Goldberg, www.nationalreview.com. September 28, 2001.
“It is not just do do do. It is not just be be be. It is do be do be do.”
“Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far.”
“It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the establishment of an international government with a monopoly of serious armed force.”
“The Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who react otherwise.”

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