"Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure fieri putant" - Marcus Tullius Cicero.
(Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.)
"The oldest, shortest words; yes and no, are those which require the most thought." - Pythagoras.
<div align="right]Great pressure is required to form diamonds
Intense fire is required to refine steel
Deluges of rain are required to grow flowers
Challenges are required to build Character
that is more precious than diamonds
that is stronger & more durable than steel
and more delightful than flowers
diamonds may be lost
the toughest steel rusts
the loveliest flowers wilt
but
Character Endures Forever
thank you, Mal, for teaching us a little of what that means
' Wrote:Wylie McGuire "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch."
...and Liberty is when the sheep has a gun.
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking, is freedom." - Dwight David Eisenhower.
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist." - Epicurus.
"The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language." - Joseph Michael Straczynski.
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." - Heraclitus.
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." - Seneca.
"Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance." - Seneca.
"It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen, that is the common right of humanity." - Seneca.
[font=Palatino Linotype]"Life without principles is meaningless, and life with enough principles is no life at all." - Guess. (Verb.)
"Working for the Devil has a lot of perks. The pay is good, the time you have is the best you'll ever have. There is just one fatal flaw. The pension plan is beyond abysmal." - Guess again.