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I always showed myself in the face of day, asserting the liberty and independence of my country, while some others, like owls, courted concealment and were too much afraid of losing their roosts to leave them for such a cause. ”
The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure. ”
Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy. ”
The instant people specialize, it's in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon. ”
I'm still a marginal figure living from book to book, but, as long as I'm producing labour as a good Marxist prole, I guess I'm satisfied. ”
If trustees feel it is in their charity's interest to pay high salaries to attract talented people, then they should have the courage of their conviction and explain their decisions publicly. ”
I love living in Los Angeles. ”
I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father. ”
And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment! ”
To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly. ”