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One of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them: It is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves into a position of power should on no account be allowed to do the job. Another problem with governing people is people.Douglas Adams
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.James Joyce
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.Marya Mannes, The Quotable Woman...on Love & Relationships
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.John Adams, Instructions to his son Johnny in the biography "John Adams" by David McCullough (p. 19)
Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after.Henry David Thoreau, ?
Too often the strong silent man is silent because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.Winston Churchill
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.Winston Churchill
Reality continues to ruin my life.Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.Dorothy Bernard
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.Napoleon Bonaparte