“Why we should put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity, for what has posterity ever done for us?” –Sir Boyle Roche
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“Willing obedience always beats forced obedience.” -Xenophon
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“He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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“If I was to really get at the burr in my saddle, it’s not politics – and this is, I think, probably a horrible analogy – but I look at politicians as, they are doing what inherently they need to do to retain power. Their job is to consolidate power. When you go to the zoo and you see a monkey throwing poop, you go, ‘that’s what monkeys do, what are you gonna do?’ But what I wish the media would do more frequently is say ‘bad monkey.'” -Jon Stewart, September 29, 2004
(H/T Wikiquote)
By the way, I’m terribly sorry about not having a Quote of the Day for the last week. My little brother was hogging the Internet computer in our house. But I’m back! And just to let you know, February will be the Month of Montaigne. As in Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and inventor of the essay. I’m going to be reading his book Essays and reflecting on it. And all of the Quotes of the Day for that month will be from Montaigne, unless something comes up. Happy holidays (or whatever)!
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“Only the educated are free.” -Epictetus
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