- All happy families resemble each other; each unhappy family is unhappy in
its own way.
Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) "Anna... - I never give them hell. I just tell the truth, and they think it is hell.
Harry S Truman (1884-1972) quoted in Look, 3 April... - If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely,
one day war will abolish us from the earth. ... - Every successful revolution puts on in time the robe of the tyrant it has
deposed.
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912- ... - Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. [Perhaps even these things will some
day be pleasant to remember.] -
Virgil (70-19 BCE) "The Aeneid" (19... - Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. [I fear the Greeks though bearing gifts.]
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Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BCE) "The Aeneid"... - Possunt quia posse videntur. [They can because they think they can]
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Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70-19 BCE) "The Aeneid"... - Let the punishment of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing,
and a man condemned to public works will serve the... - In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as
possible from one class of citizens and to give it to the other.
Voltaire (1694-1778) "Philosophical Dictionary"... - Reason is, of all things in the world, the most hurtful to a reasoning
human being.
God only allows it to remain with those he intends...
