#les

A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles. ↗

— Thomas Sprat

#great #life #married #married life #negligence

As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the U.S. cannot go it alone in a policy that leaves American troops taking all the risk and American taxpayers paying all of the costs. ↗

— John Spratt

#american #american taxpayers #american troops #cannot #costs

We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#alleviating #burden #commitment #comprehensive #conservation

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#doubtless #his #lasting #lasting peace #man

We should not forget, no matter how we quantify it: 'Freedom is not free.' It is a painful lesson, but one from which we have learned in the past and one we should never forget. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#free #freedom #how #in the past #learned

What science does not understand is called psychology, what psychology does not understand is called religion, what religion does not understand is called spirituality, what spirituality does not understand is called creation, what creation does not understand is called life, what life does not understand is called the death. There is nothing that the death does not understand—simply, it is an ultimate end of life. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#death #inspirational #life #life-lessons #religion

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#certainly #could #economic #enables #factors

It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke. ↗

— Carla Bley

#anything #get #hard #joke #political

I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it. ↗

— John Bolton

#answer #any #country #gays #good

But, having said that, believe me, as you get older, the parts dry up. They get less and less. ↗

— Joseph Bologna

#dry #get #having #less #me