Edmund Crispin Quotes
None of us has the right to assess the value of a human existence. All must be held valuable, or none. The death of Christ and the death of Socrates," Fen added dryly, "suggest that our judgements are scarcely infallible...And the evil of Nazism lay precisely in this, that a group of men began to differentiate between the value of their fellow-beings, and to act on their conclusions. It isn't a habit which I, for one, would like to encourage.

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If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing area. The bumblebee doesn't know this, so he goes ahead and flies anyway.
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The mere fact of having a Security Council meeting at ministerial level will send out a very sharp message indeed to the Syrians.
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I know it's not easy for you, living this life, but try to remember, always try to remember, you're not the only one with troubles.
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There's not much we can do about it in the short run, and that's the reality.
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The grave's a fine and quiet place but none I think do finish their books from there.
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Forgiveness is the ultimate preventive medicine, as well as the greatest healer.
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Try to imagine an America without rich people. Rich people contribute a lot to this country.
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Just as at the Olympic games it is not the handsomest or strongest men who are crowned with victory but the successful competitors, so in life it is those who act rightly who carry off all the prizes and rewards.
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Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
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I support the state, but not the state-run economy. The state should intervene only to create the conditions necessary for the private sector to thrive.
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I am sure care's an enemy to life.
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It doesn't matter who they vote for, they always vote for us.
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The slanders poured down like Niagara. If you take into consideration the setting - the war and the revolution - and the character of the accused - revolutionary leaders of millions who were conducting their party to the sovereign power - you can say without exaggeration that July 1917 was the month of the most gigantic slander in world history.
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Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.
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I want to be part of movies that have important and interesting subjects but are not depressing and are rather satirical and funny.
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Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
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All three of us can gauge what moods we are in – it’s mostly a happy mood, fortunately – and we really stick up for each other.
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None of us has the right to assess the value of a human existence. All must be held valuable, or none. The death of Christ and the death of Socrates," Fen added dryly, "suggest that our judgements are scarcely infallible...And the evil of Nazism lay precisely in this, that a group of men began to differentiate between the value of their fellow-beings, and to act on their conclusions. It isn't a habit which I, for one, would like to encourage.