#usa

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#books #happy #himself #least #man

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#being #better #laws #like #made

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#making #must #respect #retain #sausages

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others. ↗

— Mark Twain

#either #geniuses #live #others #themselves

Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#afraid #arabs #around #blood #consumes