Draulans Dirk Quotes & Sayings

any society that willfully chooses not to take care of its own doesn't deserve to be called a society at all. — Christopher DeWan

To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom. — Bertrand Russell

You know, I met a wise man centuries ago in China who said to me, 'He who lets fear rule him, has fear for a master. (Acheron)
Confucius? (Talon)
No, Minh-Quan. He was a fisherman who used to sell what I'm told was the best zong zi ever made. (Acheron) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

When the Dublin-born Beckett was asked by a Parisian journalist whether he was English, he replied, 'On the contrary. — Terry Eagleton

A conversation between a person of my age and one of hers is like a map of a maze: There are things that each of us knows, and that each of us knows the other knows, that can be talked about. But there are things that each of us knows that the other doesn't know we know, which must not be spoken of, no matter what. Because of our ages, and for reasons of decency, there are what Daffy would refer to as taboos: forbidden topics which we may stroll among like islands of horse dung in the road that, although perfectly evident to both of us, must not be mentioned or kicked at any cost.
It's a strange world when you come right down to it. — Alan Bradley

Adversity is the hidden treasures of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita