The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. ~ John Milton
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Who watches the Watchmen?
~ Juvenal ~
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The phrase, as it is normally quoted in Latin, comes from the Satires of Juvenal, the 1st/2nd century Roman satirist. Although in its modern usage the phrase has universal, timeless applications to concepts such as tyrannical governments, uncontrollably oppressive dictatorships, and police or judicial corruption and overreach
| Politics: a Trojan horse race. |
| ~ Stanisław Jerzy Lec ~ |
| If you say that there are elephants flying in the sky, people are not going to believe you. But if you say that there are four hundred and twenty-five elephants flying in the sky, people will probably believe you. |
| ~ Gabriel García Márquez ~ |
In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against Nature not to go out, and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth. John Milton
No man ever became extremely wicked all at once. Juvenal
All is in the hands of Man. Therefore you should wash them often ... Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude. Gabriel García Márquez