#men

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#aggravating #another #calamity #common #condition

The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#amidst #away #crush #dim #elements

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#choose #down #exact #full #genius

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#enough #even #few #few men #fewer

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#capitals #die #each #fighting #home

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#entry #go #i #into #many

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#dense #discouragement #i

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#almost #entitlement #instant #knowledge #live

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. ↗

— Bella Abzug

#chromosomes #hold #job #should #test

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition. ↗

— John Acton

#absolute power #authority #based #between #choices