#rove

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions. ↗

— Robert Bork

#assumes #because #decide #disapprove #distinctions

'Twas drink made me fall in love, And love made me run into debt, And though I have struggled and struggled and strove, I cannot get out of them yet. ↗

— Alexander Brome

#debt #drink #fall #get #i

Free yourself, forgive yourself, value yourself, and love yourself...ESPECIALLY, When no one else does. ↗

— Lolalola

#forgiveness

Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#enlightened #enlightening #enlightenment #integrate #integrating

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#openly #praise #reprove #secret #them

The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#live #prove #revenge #yourself

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order? ↗

— Xun Zi

#conforms #desires #even #good #harm

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#apples #bedroom #convey #i #i can

My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs. ↗

— Cleveland Abbe

#better #boyhood #city #great #great need

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. ↗

— John Ashbery

#confuse #i #i think #improve #life