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“God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.”

“Wanderings to See the Wonders of the West, 1649; reported in Esther Moir, The Discovery of Britain: The English Tourists 1540-1840, page 26.”

“The veteran BBC journalist John Simpson used "A Mad World, My Masters" as the title for memoirs published in 1999/2000.”

“The play A Mad World, My Masters by Thomas Middleton, published in 1608, is recorded as being performed in 1605.”

“Works, vol. ii, p. 85 . Compare the 1735 Poor Richard's Almanack.”

“'Tis a mad world and in sadnes / I travail'd madly in these dayes of madnes.”

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"The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same."

— Steve Maraboli

Literature1975

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"“And you know what people, you ain’t gonna make a difference by buildin’ more bombs. And you ain’t gonna make a difference by puttin’ on more make-up and showin’ up on more television shows. And you’r…"

— Rich Mullins

Music1955–1997

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"The euro Titanic has now hit the iceberg - and there simply aren't enough lifeboats to go round."

— Nigel Farage

Politics1964

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"Not one of these nobly equipped young men has escaped the restless, exhausting, confusing, debilitating crisis of education. ... He feels that he cannot guide himself, cannot help himself—and then he …"

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy1844–1900

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