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• There never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority.
• Therefore a wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of his government, and then they will always be faithful to him.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli, "The Prince", Datalink...
• That truth cannot be material in any respect, is contrary to the nature of things.
  No tribunal, no codes, no systems can repeal or impair this law of God, for by his eternal laws it is inherent in the nature of things ....
• The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such
  and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual....
• What they said: What they meant: "If you knew this person as well as I know him, you would think as much of him as I do.
  (Or as little, to phrase it slightly more accurately....
• Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
  2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....
• A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli...
• HIBERNATE, v.i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion.
  There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals....
• aga n. [WPI] A cuspy but bogus raving story about N random broken people.
  Here is a classic example of the saga form, as told by Guy L....