#hi

In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#consequences #evil #evil-men #faust #faust-legend

Washington was concerned that the soldiers coming to him from Massachusetts were too few and of too low quality. He was disappointed that the majority of the Massachusetts volunteers appeared to be thrill-seeking teenagers, British Army deserters and otherwise unemployed African Americans. Washington doubted that these volunteers would ever be able to stand up to the British. Much to Washington's surprise, the free black men soon proved to be exemplary soldiers. ↗

— C.L. Gammon

#revolution #washington #men

It may seem odd to say that the men who made the myths disliked the irrational and had a love for facts; but it is true, no matter how wildly fantastic some of the stories are... ↗

— Edith Hamilton Mythology

#facts #fantasy #mythology-philosophy #love

Like the continents, men and women were once connected, but they drifted apart. The evidence is still there, but you have to possess the determination of a mad archeologist to discover it. ↗

— Joshua Emmet

#wisdom #men

De machine is niet bestreden, maar opgenomen, met een ereplaats, in de komende maatschappij: om de machine nog te beheersen, zal de mens van zichzelf een machine maken, maar hij doet het met trots, en hij noemt dát 'de menselijke waardigheid ↗

— E. du Perron

#men

Orpheus said the mind is a slide ruler. It can fit around anything. Show me your body, he said. It only means one thing. ↗

— Sarah Ruhl

#relationships #sex #men

…evils are not caused by God; rather, that they are a part of the nature of matter and of mankind; that the period of mortal life is the same from beginning to end, and that because things happen in cycles, what is happening now — evils that is — happened before and will happen again. ↗

— Celsus

#evil-men #philosophy-of-religion #men

Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking. ↗

— José Saramago

#liking #ownership #appreciation

And why only men? Why do you think that is, Llew? Why is it that only men are in power? ↗

— Deb E. Howell

#philosophy #political #men

HISTORIA RADICALMENTE CONCENTRADA DE LA ERA POSTINDUSTRIAL Cuando fueron presentados, él hizo un comentario ingenioso porque quería caer bien. Ella soltó una risotada estrepitosa porque quería caer bien. Luego los dos cogieron sus coches y se fueron solos a sus casas, mirando fijamente la carretera, con la misma mueca en la cara. Al hombre que los había presentado no le caía demasiado bien ninguno de los dos, pero fingía que sí porque le preocupaba mucho tener buenas relaciones con todo el mundo. Después de todo, nunca se sabe, ¿verdad que no? ¿Verdad? ¿Verdad? ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#dirty-realism #history #men