“It is certain, I think, that the best government is the one that governs the least. But there is a much-neglected corollary: the best citizen is the one who least needs governing.”
― The Long-Legged House
― The Long-Legged House
“If you can read and have more imagination than a doorknob, what need do you have for a 'movie version' of a novel?”
― What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
― What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen
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