a few i have been hanging on to...
Death of old age is a rare, singular, and extraordinary death, and hence less
natural than the others; it is the last and ultimate sort of death; the farther it is from us, the less it is to be hoped for.
Michel de Montaigne
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Plato
The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize
'inconvenient' facts…
Max Weber
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which
enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war.
Gasoline is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
Simone Weil
natural than the others; it is the last and ultimate sort of death; the farther it is from us, the less it is to be hoped for.
Michel de Montaigne
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Plato
The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize
'inconvenient' facts…
Max Weber
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which
enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war.
Gasoline is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
Simone Weil