Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity. Strong
When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim on them. Strong
“For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained currency, because for the moment it symbolized the world to the first speaker and to the hearer. The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
