February 10

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Quotes of the dayfrom previous years:

2004
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence. ~Johann Wolfgang von GoetheinThe Sorrows of Young Werther
2005
Be nice to people on your way up, because you're going to meet them all on your way down. ~Jimmy Durante(born 10 February 1893)
2006
What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. ~Boris Pasternak(born 10 February 1890)
2007
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there. ~Charles de Montesquieu(died 10 February 1755)
2008
Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality. Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation. ~Bertolt Brecht(born 10 February 1898)
2009
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. ~Bertolt Brecht
2010
Reasongainsall men, bycompellingnone.
Mercywas alwaysHeaven'sdistinguished mark:
And he, who bears it not, has no friendthere.
~Aaron Hill~
2011
Let nothing be called natural
In an age of bloody confusion,
Ordered disorder, planned caprice,
And dehumanized humanity, lest all things
Be held unalterable!
~Bertolt Brecht~
2012
No one can be good for long ifgoodnessis not in demand. ~Bertolt Brecht
2013
Behold,I send you forth assheepin the midst ofwolves:be ye thereforewiseas serpents, andharmlessasdoves.
~JesusChrist~
  • proposed byKalkias one of the most famous and striking quotes about serpents, for the start of the Chinese Year of the Snake
2014
Societycannotsharea commoncommunicationsystemso long as it is split intowarringfactions.
~Bertolt Brecht~
2015
Don't put no constrictions on dapeople.Leave 'em ta hell alone.
~Jimmy Durante~
2016
Courageis poorly housed that dwells innumbers;thelionnever counts theherdthat are about him, nor weighs how manyflockshe has to scatter.
~Aaron Hill~
2017
I think that if thebeastwhosleepsinmancould be held down by threats — any kind of threat, whether ofjailor ofretributionafterdeath— then the highestemblemofhumanitywould be theliontamer in thecircuswith his whip, not theprophetwhosacrificedhimself.…What has for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but an inwardmusic:the irresistiblepowerof unarmedtruth,the powerful attraction of itsexample.
~Boris Pasternak~
2018
It has always beenassumedthat the mostimportantthings in theGospelsare theethicalmaxims and commandments. But for me the most important thing is thatChristspeaksinparablestaken fromlife,that He explains thetruthin terms of everydayreality.Theideathat underlies this is thatcommunionbetween mortals isimmortal,and that thewholeof life issymbolicbecause it ismeaningful.
~Boris Pasternak~
2019
The greatmajorityof us arerequiredto live alifeof constantduplicity.Yourhealthis bound to be affected if,dayafter day, you say the opposite of what youfeel,if you grovel before what you dislike, andrejoiceat what brings younothingbut misfortune. Our nervous system isn't just afiction,it's part of ourphysicalbody,and oursoulsexists inspaceand is inside us, like the teeth in the mouth. It can't forever be violated with impunity.
~Boris Pasternak~
2020
Ibelievethatcruelty,spite,
Thepowersofdarknesswill intime
Be crushed by thespiritoflight.
~Boris Pasternak~
2021
What is laid down,ordered,factualis never enough to embrace thewholetruth:lifealways spills over the rim of every cup.
~Boris Pasternak~
2022
Howsicknessenlarges the dimensions of a man'sselfto himself! he is his own exclusive object. Supremeselfishnessis inculcated upon him as his onlyduty.
~Charles Lamb~
2023
IknewI was doing things different but at the same time I was doing things that were verynaturalfor me… I wasn’t trying to break anyrules.But I wrote the way Iheardthings.
~Burt Bacharach~
  • proposed byKalki;in regard of his recent death.
2024
Politicsis developing morecomediansthanradioever did.
~Jimmy Durante~
2025
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news. ~Bertolt Brecht.

I love to lose myself in other men's minds. ~Charles Lamb(born February 10, 1775)

I am determined my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. -Charles Lamb

What answer can we give to the families of victims of the Karabakh movement and to those who have become disabled. Why did their sons fight? And about Turkey, we cannot leave the word genocide out of our vocabulary and forget about the 1.5 million victims. ~Mikael Harutyunyan(born February 10)

  • 3Zarbon05:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • 1Kalki23:21, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste,
And lose the medium in the wild extreme,
Do not repent, but regulate your passion:
Though love is reason, its excess is rage.
Give me, at least, your promise to reflect,
In cool, impartial solitude, and still.
No last decision till we meet again.
~Aaron Hill~

You talk no more of that gay nation now,
Where men adore their wives, and woman's power
Draws reverence from a polished people's softness,
Their husbands' equals, and their lovers' queens;
Free without scandal; wise without restraint;
Their virtue due to nature, not to fear.
~Aaron Hill~

Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish. ~Aaron Hill~

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.

’Tis the same with common natures:
Use ’em kindly, they rebel;
But be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
~Aaron Hill~

I say on the air all time, "if you take what I say as gospel, you're an idiot." ~Glenn Beck

  • 3Kalki(talk·contributions) 05:47, 22 January 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4; a statement by Beck which I canfullyagree with, and with extreme emphasis.

When you choose the path, you choose the destination. ~Glenn Beck

Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up. ~Glenn Beck

Most times we're so focused on what we think we want that we can't appreciate how happy we already are. It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it. ~Glenn Beck

All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny. ~Glenn Beck

You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense. ~Glenn Beck

Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be be simpler, if the government simply dissolved the people and elected another? ~Bertolt Brecht.

Don'tsleep,don't sleep, artist,
Don't give in to sleep.
You areeternity's hostage
Acaptiveoftime.
~Boris Pasternak~
They don’t ask much of you. They only want you tohatethe things youloveand to love the things you despise.
~Boris Pasternak~


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