So, as we have our tea, I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on your eyes so as to change your outlook. But wait a minute. No, I do not propose to operate at all. I myself cannot do anything of the sort. I am just mildly suggesting that you are perhaps dead, and perhaps blind, leaving you to think the matter over for yourself. If an operation is to be performed it must be performed by God Himself.
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PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The hatred of those who are near to us is the most violent PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Greater things are believed of those who are absent PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The hatred of relatives is the most violent PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten,... PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty. PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so. PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil ... PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. 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PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first,... PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign. PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The illicit has an added charm PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS There will be vice as long as there are men PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything ... VAN MORRISON You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not becau... VAN MORRISON When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the dist... VAN MORRISON It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all... VAN MORRISON Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach. VAN MORRISON You've got to separate the singer and the songs. VAN MORRISON If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit... VAN MORRISON I don't think nostalgia has to be negative. VAN MORRISON I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I ... VAN MORRISON What you see is what you get. VAN MORRISON The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on. VAN MORRISON There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don&... VAN MORRISON A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'... VAN MORRISON Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it. VAN MORRISON I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity. VAN MORRISON In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. VAN MORRISON If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. VAN MORRISON I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out. VAN MORRISON Singing is my profession - there is no plan B. VAN MORRISON I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling ... VAN MORRISON The future is keeping you out of the present time. VAN MORRISON You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't b... VAN JONES Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin... VAN JONES I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explai... VAN JONES I'm not a success, I'm a sensation. VAN CLIBURN An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something... VAN CLIBURN These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a ... VAN MORRISON If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into... VAN GOGH Music is spiritual. The music business is not. VAN MORRISON Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it ... VAN MORRISON Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the pur... VAN HARTMANN There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles. VAN MORRISON When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassid... VAN MORRISON I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club... VAN MORRISON hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spir... VAN MORRISON From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road -- We'll be lovers once again on t... VAN MORRISON Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the p... VAN HARTMANN In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing. VAN MORRISON