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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘GUILLOTINE n. A machine whic…

‘GUILLOTINE n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.’

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Nancy Reagan – ‘I think more people would be…

‘I think more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.’

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Alexander Pope – ‘Many men have been capable o…

‘Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing More a cunning thing but very few a generous thing.’

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Blaise Pascal – ‘However vast a mans spiritua…

‘However vast a mans spiritual resources he is capable of but one great passion.’

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Miyamoto Musashi – ‘There is timing in the whole…

‘There is timing in the whole life of the warrior in his thriving and declining in his harmony and discord. Similarly there is timing in the Way of the merchant in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail … Continue reading

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Joseph Addison – ‘Nothing is capable of being …

‘Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.’

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Phelps Adams – ‘Capitalism and communism sta…

‘Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist seeing the rich man and his fine home says: No man should have so much. The capitalist seeing the same thing says: All men should have … Continue reading

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Douglas Noel Adams – ‘Anyone who is capable of get…

‘Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.’

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – ‘Manufacturing and commercial…

‘Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.’

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Henry Louis Mencken – ‘Hanging one scoundrel it app…

‘Hanging one scoundrel it appears does not deter the next. Well what of it? The first one at least is disposed of.’

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