"It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are."

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Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.46, BoD – Books on Demand

Karl Philipp Moritz

#People Quotes #Dresses Quotes #Common Quotes

“Some people are averse to competition and allow the words 'co-operation' and 'humanism' to drool from their mouths, apparently meaning thereby a large blob of protoplasmic homogeneity that lacks all individuality. It is not individuals and their liberty that concerns them, but rather some sort of well greased squirming mass that would seem to be analogous to the brains from which such amorphous 'ideas' emanate.”
“Just ask the local people for the best food. Don't rely on a guidebook.”
“Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority.”

Source : "Why Hate Monarchs?". mises.org. August 2001.
“Not surprisingly, the insurance lobby recoils in horror at the prospect of automatic coverage ( including, when it was first proposed, Social Security), no matter how efficient it may be. Automatic coverage eliminates sales commissions and profit.”
“The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.”
“We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.”
“I'm very wary of trust, you see.”
“I was a generalist in college. You take a lot of courses to feel out what you're interested in. I really felt web design was too limited for me to interested in it - [instead] I was really into typography.”

Source : Source: www.digitalartsonline.co.uk

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