

“I had no shoes, and I felt sorry for myself until I met a man who had no feet. I took his shoes. Now I feel better.”
― When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
― When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

“My conception of freedom. — The value of a thing sometimes does not lie in that which one attains by it, but in what one pays for it — what it costs us. Liberal institutions cease to be liberal as soon as they are attained: later on, there are no worse and no more thorough injurers of freedom than liberal institutions.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols

“If you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters.”
― Why I Write
― Why I Write

“God manifests himself to us in the first degree through the life of the universe, and in the second degree through the thought of man. The second manifestation is not less holy than the first. The first is named Nature, the second is named Art.”
― William Shakespeare
― William Shakespeare

“A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!”
― Happy Birthday to You!
― Happy Birthday to You!
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