#ran

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. ↗

We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#any #coast #country #early #east

Since the new film has been out, I'm doing quite a lot but then in July I will start doing things at home. I have to fix the house up, see the grandchildren and such. ↗

— Jeremy Bulloch

#doing #film #fix #grandchildren #home

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#doubt #ignorant #science #teaches #true

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#books #bookstore #branch #chain #city

Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the soul. I think that speech is so beautiful, and so telling and so true. ↗

— Delta Burke

#aging #beautiful #beauty #because #blanche

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#foothold #gain #good #needs #people

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#policy #principle #rebels #subjects #tyrants

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#multitude #tyranny

Tyrants seldom want pretexts. ↗