Now hast thou but one bare hour to live, And then thou must be damned perpetually. Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven, That time may cease, and midnight never come.
We have an opportunity for everyone in the world to have access to all the world's information. This has never before been possible. Why is ubiquitous information so profound? It's a tremendous equalizer. Information is power.
All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.
Writing well mean never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'
The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'.
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
'Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small.
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.