#unable

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#destroyed #done #either #feared #greatly

Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything. ↗

— Chris Martin

#become #benefit #bled #countries #dry

What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#asylum #country #drift #innocent #insane

Madness is tonic and invigorating. It makes the sane more sane. The only ones who are unable to profit by it are the insane. ↗

— Henry Miller

#invigorating #madness #makes #more #ones

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#himself #unable #unfair #writer

At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. ↗

— Roh Moo-hyun

#destiny #determine #forced #go #history

Mr. President, I believe your real problem is that you have somehow been unable to realize that you have won, not only won, but been re-elected by a tremendous margin. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#believe #i #i believe #margin #mr

Racial and denominational schools impart to the membership of their communities something which the general educational institution is wholly unable to inculcate. ↗

— Kelly Millar

#denominational #educational #general #impart #institution

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#evil #great #great evil #misfortune #prompt

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#animal #away #creatures #discontent #dying