#hum

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#justice #laws #only #original #over

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#fatal #humor #like #may #never

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#disease #feel #humility #i #i feel

My approach is a very human one, as a fan. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#fan #human #very

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile. ↗

— George Byron

#cannot #humble #may #servile #she

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge. ↗

— Patrick Campbell

#courage #fundamental #gulf #heart #human

Literature doesn’t exactly have a strong mental-health track record. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#humor #lemony-snicket #funny

If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people. ↗

— Robert Caro

#cost #effect #effects #good #how

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#bringing #conditions #hard #human #human personality

You know, I live a monastic lifestyle. No, I do. I do live in extremes, basically. I go back and forth. Once every six months, I'll have a day where I eat more chocolate than has ever been consumed by a human being. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#basically #been #being #chocolate #consumed