"I know people dont think I work."

-- Douglas Wilson

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Give no man sympathy because he has to work - it is his blessing that he can.”
“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of ***** in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana.”
“Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.”
“The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.”
“Gold is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity.”
“Sinatra created a kind of magic. You want those people to be part of your life.”
“After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.”
“Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.”

Source : Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland, Sarah Austin (1855). “A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith”, p.178

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