"The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only."

-- Thomas Carlyle

#Lying Quotes #Men Quotes #Muhammad Quotes

“Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing that is over-looked as something new.”
“In my opinion a mathematician, in so far as he is a mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an opinion, moreover, which has been expressed by many philosophers.”
“The present order is the disorder of the future.”

Source : Ian Hamilton Finlay, Alec Finlay (2012). “Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections”, p.53, Univ of California Press
“The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.”
“You can never have too much sky.”
“I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.”
“When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally.”
“The current market ecosystem is not sustainable, and significant changes are coming one way or another,”

Source : "A former SEC director joined the dark pool from 'Flash Boys' and likened the stock market to the Death Star" by Portia Crowe, www.businessinsider.com. March 10, 2015.

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