#things

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. ↗

— Tacitus

#empire #make #peace #plunder #slaughter

Greater things are believed of those who are absent. ↗

— Tacitus

#believed #greater #things #those #who

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. ↗

— Tacitus

#disfavor #good #old #old things #present

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#bother #elements #fight #get #i

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#better things #developing #evils #new #progress

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely. ↗

— David Talbot

#because #between #both #difference #disappear

Very few people run around and get amnesia and have comas and come out of them and do all the silly of people have strokes and have comas and come out of them and do all the silly things we do on soaps. ↗

— Erika Slezak

#around #come #few #few people #get

I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#i #lot #off #other #psyche

If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#chaotic #little #little bit #more #normal

America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#given #good #many #most #over