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- Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Letter to Michael Tolkien, March 1941
- The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.
- Phaedrus (15 BC - 50 AD)
- So many men so many questions.
(Quot Homines Tot Sententiae) - Terence (185 BC - 159 BC)
- No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.
(Hinc Gham Sit Calmus Saevior Ense Patet) - Robert Burton (1577 - 1640)
- And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.
(Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.) - Alcuin (732 AD - 804 AD)
- A precedent embalms a principle.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
- Diogenes Laertius
- As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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