"Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."

-- Baron de Montesquieu

#Philosophical Quotes #Law Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“Time is not outside us, but inside. Only we live with past, present, and future, and the present is too brief to experience anyway; it is retained afterward and then it is either codified or it slips into amnesia.”

Source : Siri Hustvedt (2011). “The Summer Without Men: A Novel”, p.33, Macmillan
“Everything has the energy of its making inside it.”
“I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.”
“I also feel that if you were evil, then next time around you would be very good.”
“My favorite thing about L.A. is the sunny breezes that mimic the mindset of the energy in the people.”
“This is my secret," he said. "I don't mind what happens.”
“The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.”
“It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.”

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