Quotes

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

H.L. Mencken

“Labor is prior to and independent of capital,” the country’s 16th president said. “Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”

Abraham Lincoln

You know who was into Karl Marx? No, not AOC. Abraham Lincoln. [Washington Post]

“But a man who procrastinates in his CHOOSING will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”

Hunter S. Thompson

It is important to remember that life will make decisions for you if you don’t make decisions yourself and you might not like what life chooses for you.

Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life [Farnam Street]

“Labor is prior to and independent of capital,” the country’s 16th president said. “Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”

You know who was into Karl Marx? No, not AOC. Abraham Lincoln.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift