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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. — Ingrid Bergman

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Great men are almost always bad men. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Pity party over?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Good. Not good to wallow for too long. It's bad for the complextion. — Cynthia Hand

A reading is a kind of communion. The poet articulates the semi-known for the tribe. — Gary Snyder

Our dead come for their vengeance regardless of witnesses — Madeline Miller

I do not punish my enemies with arrogance; I punish ,them, undoubtedly more subtle - with devoted respect. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutley — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Don't gain the world and lose your ... — Bob Marley

Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive. — Ann Oakley

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

There's no question that consumers are looking for value today. — Irene Rosenfeld

God cannot be understood by logical reasoning but only by submission. — Leo Tolstoy

The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody. — Andy Griffith

Demons wait at crossroads attempting to influence our decisions. — April Smith

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Judge talent at its best but character at its worst. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton