Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.<br> (Hinc Gham Sit Calmus Saevior Ense Patet) Robert Burton English author, clergyman, & scholar (1577 - 1640) Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer. Barnard Elliot Bee One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Walter Bagehot English economist & journalist (1826 - 1877) So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world. Isodore Duncan Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day. Anonymous The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. Walter Bagehot English economist & journalist (1826 - 1877) A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. Aristophanes Greek Athenian comic dramatist (450 BC - 388 BC) The voice of the people is the voice of God.<br> (Vox Populi, Vox Dei) Alcuin Anglo-Saxon mathematician & scholar (732 AD - 804 AD) Let them hate so long as they fear.<br> (Oderint Dum Metuant) Lucius Accius, Fragment (170 BC - 86 BC) The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. Gelett Burgess US humorist & illustrator (1866 - 1951) |