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“Launch not beyond your depth”
― An Essay On Criticism
― An Essay On Criticism
“Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? We want them broken. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted—and you create a nation of law-breakers—and then you cash in on guilt.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“So vast is art, so narrow human wit”
― An Essay On Criticism
― An Essay On Criticism
“In search of wit these lose their common sense”
― An Essay On Criticism
― An Essay On Criticism
“Some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools”
― An Essay On Criticism
― An Essay On Criticism
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