#pre

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. ↗

— Sallust

#defeat #defeated #evil #good #good man

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate. ↗

— Sallust

#every #feelings #generally #most #moved

Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#clarity #emphasis #layers #orchestras #precision

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#harmony #his #masterly #only #precisely

This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#bad #coast #country #cultural #especially

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#before #day #law #lost #now

No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't necessarily represent the general populace. ↗

— Andy Samberg

#general #growing #how #internet #matter

That is a strange phenomenon, people pretending to be other people. ↗

— Andy Samberg

#people #phenomenon #pretending #strange

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#grow #latest #news #old #television

The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen. ↗

— Girolamo Savonarola

#fishermen #force #glory #his #knows