"When a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all regal powers, he then, in the single person of a man, fights against his own majesty and kingship."

-- John Milton

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“Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, itâ€™s an antecedent to sloth, the least sexy of the seven deadly sins. Thomas Aquinas winnowed it down for me: acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh prevails completely over the spirit. You donâ€™t just turn your back on the world, you turn your back on God. You donâ€™t care, and you donâ€™t care that you donâ€™t care.”
“When opportunity presents itself grab it. Hold on tight and donâ€™t let go.”
“Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.”

Source : Lisa See (2010). “Shanghai Girls”, p.150, A&C Black
“Governance is key to a robust Health IT system.”
“Genius is full of trash.”
“For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against monarchs.”
“Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.”
“I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but . . . I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it.”

Source : Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1969). “Works of Fisher Ames: Memoir, by J. T. Kirkland. Letters”

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