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“It is a well-known fact that the Black Death was brought into England by lawyers.”
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
“The great majority of habitual drinkers are born not only without desire for alcohol, but with actual repugnance toward it. Not the first, nor the twentieth, nor the hundredth drink, succeeded in giving them the liking. But they learned, just as men learn to smoke; though it is far easier to learn to smoke than to learn to drink. They learned because alcohol was so accessible.”
― John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs
― John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs
“It has been my experience that facetiousness in the mouth of someone old enough to know better is often no more than camouflage for something far, far worse.”
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
― The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
“If you consulted your business experience instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter. Actors who can't act believe in themselves; and debtors who won't pay. It would be much truer to say that a man will certainly fail, because he believes in himself. Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin; complete self-confidence is a weakness.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“When a population becomes dependent on government for the needs, and even the whims of life, it becomes “infantilized.” In this condition both the rewards for responsible behavior and the penalties for irresponsible behavior have vanished. What follows is a concept of individualism so extreme that each individual is free to invent or adopt his or her own private morality.”
― Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm
― Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm
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