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H.L. Mencken1 quote
The average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. — H.L. Mencken · 1926John Cleland1 quote
Any port in a storm. — John Cleland · 1748Lucretius1 quote
Lovely it is, when the winds are churning up the waves on the great sea, to gaze out from the land on the great efforts of someone else; not because it's an enjoyable pleasure that somebody is in difficulties, but because it's lovely to realize what troubles you are yourself spared. — Lucretius · 55 BCWilliam Shakespeare1 quote
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. — William Shakespeare · 1597