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We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when read more
We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.
There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we read more
There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse of this trust by the government.
More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.
More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.
The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the read more
The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.
(on Book TV).
My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.
(on Book TV).
I do not waste my time in answering abuse; I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure.
I do not waste my time in answering abuse; I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
The zen of flyfishing is that zen masters
don't fish.. the Buddha suffocates no creature.
The zen of flyfishing is that zen masters
don't fish.. the Buddha suffocates no creature.