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I Knew A Very Wise Man That Believed That If A Man Were Permitted To Make All The Ballads, He Need Not Care Who Should Make The Laws Of A Nation.
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I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted
to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws
of a nation.
-- Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716)
-- Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earl of Rothes, etc
Related:
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)...
SATAN, n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes, repented in sashcloth and axes.
Being instated as an archangel, Satan made himself multifariously objectionable and was finally expelled from Heaven....
I 'll make thee glorious by my pen, And famous by my sword.
-- Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650) -- My Dear and only Love...
In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.
-- Horace (65-8 BC) -- Satires, ii, 2, (111.)...
After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven.
As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, "A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created....
Confucious say: fool man climb tree to get cherrie
wise man spread limbs. man who fishes in other man's well often catch crabs....
I knew I could make it. I was a burnout, but I was a very bright burnout from the start.
-- Tod Frye, Author of Atari Pac-Ma...
I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow, -- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) -- Letter, Nov.
6, 1747...
After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven.
As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created....