#social-commentary

"Sometimes I think I must have a Guardian Idiot. A little invisible spirit just behind my shoulder, looking out for me...only he's an imbecile."

"It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame."

"We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing"

"Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading."

"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

"I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire."

"Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue)."

"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"

"I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me."

"Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations."