“There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted...and get it without toil, without sweat, without tears. Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.” PeopleBelieveWantedPainLife IsValuesSongEffortDemocracyCenturyTearsBirthVoteBreathsNobleExperimentsBest ThingsTragicSweatCollapseThings In LifeToilTwentieth CenturyFallacyDecadenceBest Things In LifeOld SongBest Things In Life Are Free Book:Starship Troopers Source: Starship Troopers
“He spoke, and loos'd our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth.” HeartArtEarthTearsBirthLaysSpokesLap Author:Matthew Arnold
“Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?” ThinkingWayLongWaterFourTearsBirthOceanMy FriendsShedAgain And AgainLong Way Author:Gautama Buddha
“All these tears shed in the world, where do they go? If one could capture all of them, they could water the parched. Then perhaps these tears would have value and all this grief would have some meaning. Otherwise, it was all a waste, just an endless cycle of birth and death; of love and loss.” IfsWorldValuesWaterLossGriefTearsBirthWasteEndlessCyclesCaptureShedBirth And DeathLove And Loss Author:Thrity Umrigar
“The Law is supposed to keep us safe and strong and able to birth healthy children, yet the Law wants us to tear each other apart to find a leader. The Law's a bunch of hypocrisy.” WantChildrenAbleLawStrongLeaderTearsBirthHealthySafeBunchHypocrisyHealthy Children Author:Annette Curtis Klause