Jesse Donat

“Fullers were the Roman equivalents of laundry and dry-cleaning firms: soap had not been invented and clothes were bleached with human and animal urine”
― Anthony Everitt, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

“Politicians understand that reason will never have much of an effect on voting decisions. A lie that makes a voter feel good is more effective than a hundred rational arguments.”
― Scott Adams, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

“The main trouble with the Roman constitution was that it contained too many checks and balances, whether to restrain ambitious power-seekers or to protect ordinary citizens from the executive. It is somewhat surprising that anything was ever decided.”
― Anthony Everitt, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

“possessing distilling equipment on a boat is a crime”
― Mike Chase, How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for the Aspiring Offender