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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Clive Staples Lewis
Of course I believe that solipsism is the correct philosophy, but that’s only one man’s opinion.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Melvin Fitting
Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Mary Catherine Bateson
Of ex-President Eisenhower at the Republican convention of 1964 Reading a speech with his usual sense of discovery.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Gore Vidal
Of no mortal say, ‘That man is happy,’ till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life’s goal.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Sophocles
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one’s neighbor, but still not happy.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Robertson Davies
Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.
Quote, saying and phrase by: A. E. Hotchner
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing – peace is the measure.
Quote, saying and phrase by: George Melton
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Homer
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps Luckier than one’s neighbor, but still not happy.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Euripides