#men

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

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Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits. ↗

— John Avlon

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When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly. ↗

— John Avlon

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I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

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I haven't given up on working... across the aisle on issues and maybe it'll take an election or two for that to fully ferment, maybe it you know sometimes it takes awhile for people to realize what the best path is. ↗

— David Axelrod

#aisle #awhile #best #election #ferment