fired their muskets so often that they had to use their own urine to cool the barrels, to keep them from exploding when loaded with gunpowder.
“loudly for Truth have liars pled, their heels for Freedom slaves will click; where Boobs are holy, poets mad, illustrious punks of Progress shriek; when Souls are outlawed, Hearts are sick, Hearts being sick, Minds nothing can:”
― 100 Selected Poems
― 100 Selected Poems
“No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it’s going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it’s always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
“Saturninus, on the other hand, was the first to show the demagogues of the future generations just how far cynically manipulated mob violence could push a man’s career forward.”
― The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
― The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
“The only thing we’re concerned about is what’s right for us. We got our own definition of “right.”
― Hell's Angels
― Hell's Angels
“the cult of Same is all the chic; by instruments, both span and spic, are justly measured Spic and Span:”
― 100 Selected Poems
― 100 Selected Poems
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