"To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace. [Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa proverbio est.]"

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Stones Quotes #Folly Quotes #Proverbial Quotes

“I grew up in a household without a lot of problems and they have been very supportive from day one”
“Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring.”

Source : Forrest Griffin, Erich Krauss (2009). “Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat”, p.19, Harper Collins
“If there are quarrels between the parents or if their marriage is unhappy, the ground will be prepared in their children for the severest predisposition to a disturbance of sexual development or to neurotic illness.”
“'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority.”
“I thought you couldn't make it here until morning," I said. "I hurried.”
“Swiss Cheese is a rip-off It's the only cheese I can bite into and miss”
“It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.”

Source : Interview with Maggie Mahar, www.pbs.org. August 28, 2009.
“I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.”

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