#rely

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#had #humiliating #law #mainly #means

I was entirely natural and in many ways I have the same attitude now. I don't mourn the loss of my youth because I believe you should enjoy what you have while you have it. ↗

— Koo Stark

#because #believe #enjoy #entirely #i

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to. ↗

— Joe Chung

#authoritarian #democracy #rarely #state #those

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely. ↗

— Cleopatra

#honour #merely #yielded

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#always #artist #authentic #bad #decent

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought. ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#does #know #man #merely #new

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#anything #because #believe #believing #i

Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree. ↗

— Thomas Dekker

#fellow #idle #man #orchard #set

Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. ↗

— Elizabeth Drew

#conversation #instead #lengthens #merely #mind

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#existence #exists #merely #philosopher #poet