X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=signature_stuff%2Fquote.txt;h=12a5ab54641e93a1c0f4680e3f622d8daf000464;hb=74dc4af6b96a7c038c3a2326b8eddf2ce9ea0b9c;hp=996182f1382df980efac827d127706695998468a;hpb=6a6b45a5f11b25b18133d6338aa4f0351c4f80d7;p=lib.git diff --git a/signature_stuff/quote.txt b/signature_stuff/quote.txt index 996182f..12a5ab5 100644 --- a/signature_stuff/quote.txt +++ b/signature_stuff/quote.txt @@ -858,3 +858,11 @@ There is no form of lead-poisoning which more rapidly and thoroughly pervades the blood and bones and marrow than that which reaches the young author through mental contact with type metal. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (Tilton 1947 p67) +% +It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. + -- Frederick Douglass +% +"That is why I am still tyrant of [Ankh-Morpork]. The way to retain +power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkabilty +of oneself not being there." + -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391