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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. Montesquieu, 1742

To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to...

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. George Hyman Rickover

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epicures

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. August Hare

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this. Cervantes, The Impossible Dream

Take Nothing but Pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time. Motto of the Baltimore Grotto (caving society)

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley