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From the standpoint of the upper classes, the system had many merits. They felt that what was paid out of the poor rate was charity, and therefore a proof of their benevolence; at the same time, wages were kept at starvation level by a method which just prevented discontent from developing into revolution...It was plainly the certainty, derived from the old Poor Law, that actual death would be averted by the parish authorities, which induced the rural poor of England to endure their misery patiently...it taught them respect for their 'betters'.While leaving all the wealth that they produced, beyond the absolute minimum required for subsistence, in the hands of the landowners and farmers. It was at this period that landowners built the sham Gothic ruins called 'follies', where they indulged in romantic sensibility about the past while they filled the present with misery and degradation.


Bertrand Russell


#exploitation #the-poor #death

If you have confidence, if you believe in yourself, you can go anywhere.


Katie Kacvinsky


#confidence #inspiring-words #optimistic #positive-thinking #inspirational

Why wait? So precious is this life—this gift—this temporary blindness. Burn and drown and embrace the false dark, then grasp the unthinkable height of resulting joy. For in the end, in the light of truth when the flesh is cast off, there is nothing but this.


Jennifer DeLucy


#encouragement #faith #finding-joy #growing-up #hard-times

It comes down to this: we're pieces of equipment To be counted and signed for. On occasion some of us break down, And those parts which can't be salvaged Are replaced with other GI parts, that's all.


Rolando Hinojosa


#poetry #war #death

Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying 'hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan.


John Green


#intelligent #nerd #thoughtful #intelligence

But there was a special kind of gift that came with embracing the chaos, even if I cursed most of the way. I'm convinced that, when everything is wiped blank, it's life 's way of forcing you to become acquainted with and aware of who you are now, who you can become. What is the fulfillment of your soul?


Jennifer DeLucy


#crisis #encouragement #hard-times #identity #inspirational

Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider.


Douglas Adams


#intelligence

to ask them to legalize pot is something like asking them to put butter on the handcuffs before they place them on you, something else is hurting you - that's why you need pot or whiskey, or whips and rubber suits, or screaming music turned so fucking loud you can't think, or madhouses or mechanical cunts or 162 baseball games in a season. or vietnam or israel or the fear of spiders. your love washing her yellow false teeth in the sink before you screw.


Charles Bukowski


#dirty-realism #drugs #legalization #legalize #pot

Famous Harry Potter," said Malfoy. "Can't even go to a bookshop without making the front page.


J.K. Rowling


#fame #harry-potter #jealousy #jealousy

Love is a violent recreational sport. Proceed at your own risk. Helmets, armor, and steel-toe boots are required by law.


H.C. Paye


#broken-heart #helmets #law #love #risk






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