In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in
democracies it is the ONLY sacred thing.
-- Anatole France
democracies it is the ONLY sacred thing.
-- Anatole France
Related:
- When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple.
Take it and copy it. -- Anatole France... - If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -- Anatole France
- Every Spam is sacred
- If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France
- If you can discover a better way of life than office-holding
for your future rulers, a well-governed city becomes a possibility.
For only in such a state will those rule who are truly rich, not in gold, but in the wealth that makes happiness--a good and wise life.... - Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise
our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows,
pains, griefs and tears.
... It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.... - Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our
pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs
and tears.
... It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.... - From the crystal swirling waters,
Of the Rio Amazon,
To the sacred halls of Bayonne,
Where we stand pajamas on.
(It's the only thing that rhymes.) From ev'ry hallowed venue, Ev'ry forest, mount and vale, Your butt is on the menu And the check is in the mail.... - A healthy family is sacred territory.
