John

“Those who seek, or have thrust upon them, unearned benefits and privileges do not know that there is a price for every benefit, a collateral required for every loan of artificial compensation. The collateral that must be given up, the price that must be paid is the dignity, honor, and self-respect of the recipient. He or she will never be exposed to the satisfaction of true achievement, and so never become a whole person.”
― William Davis Eaton, Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm

“If you consulted your business experience instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter. Actors who can't act believe in themselves; and debtors who won't pay. It would be much truer to say that a man will certainly fail, because he believes in himself. Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin; complete self-confidence is a weakness.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

“It is a well-known fact that the Black Death was brought into England by lawyers.”
― Alan Bradley, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

“It has been my experience that facetiousness in the mouth of someone old enough to know better is often no more than camouflage for something far, far worse.”
― Alan Bradley, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag