Brian

“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”
― Plato, The Republic

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”
― Marcel Proust

“The purpose of the NATO alliance is "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
― Lord Ismay

“When an ostrich buries its head in the sand as danger approaches, it very likely takes the happiest course. It hides the danger, and then calmly says there is no danger; and if it feels perfectly sure there is none, why should it raise its head to see?”
― Peirce