Common sense isn't.
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| If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs! |
| ~ Richard Sheridan, The Rivals. Act iii. Sc. 3. ~ |
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| The voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve. |
| ~ THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, speech on parliamentary reform, March 2, 1831.—The Complete Writings of Lord Macaulay, vol. 17, p. 18 (1900). President Franklin D. Roosevelt paraphrased slightly “The words of the great essayist,” not named: “The voice of great events is proclaiming to us. Reform if you would preserve,” in his address at the Democratic state convention, Syracuse, New York, September 29, 1936.—The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936, p. 390 (1938). ~ |
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| This power over the purse may, in fact, be regarded as the most complete and effectual weapon with which any constitution can arm the immediate representatives of the people, for obtaining a redress of every grievance, and for carrying into effect every just and salutary measure. |
| ~ (James Madison) Federalist, no. 58 ~ |
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| Speak softly and carry a big stick. |
| ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), U.S. Republican (later Progressive) politician, president. Speech, April 2, 1903, Chicago. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, vol. 13. A favorite adage, referring to military preparation and the Monroe Doctrine. ~ |
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| That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 24, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). ~ |
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| I am sometimes asked whether this vow of celibacy is really desirable and indeed whether it is really possible. Suffice to say that its practice is not simply a matter of suppressing sexual desires. On the contrary, it is necessary to fully accept the existence of these desires and to transcend them by the power of reasoning. When successful, the result on the mind can be very beneficial. The trouble with sexual desire is that it is a blind desire and can only give temporary satisfaction. Thus, as Nagarjuna said: "When you have an itch, you scratch. But not to itch at all is better than any amount of scratching." |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, May 29, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| For the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. |
| ~ Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning. Book i. (1605). ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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