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America and the world1 quote
It is an empire…that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial. — Niall Ferguson · 2003American empire1 quote
It is an empire…that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial. — Niall Ferguson · 2003Approaching death1 quote
Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before. — Thomas Campbell · 1802Challenges of life1 quote
Just have one more try-it's dead easy to die,
It's the keeping-on-living that's hard. — Robert W. Service · 1912Creativity1 quote
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. — R.D. Laing · 1967Dusk1 quote
Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose. — Thomas Campbell · 1800End of war1 quote
When we, the Workers, all demand: "What are we fighting for?"…
Then, then we'll end that stupid crime, that Devil's madness-War. — Robert W. Service · 1921Existential solitude1 quote
My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill. — William Sharp · 1896Genius and insanity1 quote
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. — R.D. Laing · 1967Great man theory of history1 quote
What millions died-that Caesar might be great! — Thomas Campbell · 1799How to live1 quote
Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation. — Alasdair Gray · 2004Ideas1 quote
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. — R.D. Laing · 1967Innovation1 quote
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. — R.D. Laing · 1967Insanity1 quote
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. — R.D. Laing · 1967Life1 quote
Just have one more try-it's dead easy to die,
It's the keeping-on-living that's hard. — Robert W. Service · 1912Marriage1 quote
Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. — Billy Connolly · 1976Moonlight1 quote
Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose. — Thomas Campbell · 1800Mother in law1 quote
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology. — James George Frazer · 1922Never giving up1 quote
Just have one more try-it's dead easy to die,
It's the keeping-on-living that's hard. — Robert W. Service · 1912Old age1 quote
Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before. — Thomas Campbell · 1802Persistence1 quote
Just have one more try-it's dead easy to die,
It's the keeping-on-living that's hard. — Robert W. Service · 1912Religion1 quote
By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life. — James George Frazer · 1922War1 quote
When we, the Workers, all demand: "What are we fighting for?"…
Then, then we'll end that stupid crime, that Devil's madness-War. — Robert W. Service · 1921