#dl

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#beautiful #machine #man #very #works

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#about #basic #bore #endless #existence

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#came #company #educated #enjoy #fame

Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising. ↗

— Robert Menzies

#considering #hardly #i #keep #place

Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases. ↗

— Mark Udall

#cells #deadly #diseases #most #potential

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#devil #hardly #i #i am #onstage

For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles for those who bring the country forward. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#bring #country #entering #entry #few

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#asking #change #changes #core #course

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. ↗

— Stewart Udall

#fact #in fact #man #plans #protect

The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly. ↗

— Olivier Messiaen

#being #body #consciousness #filled #flesh