Quotes May 9

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. Edmund Burke

They change their skies,
but not their souls
who run across the sea.
- Horace

'... the advocates of 'diversity' - who maintain that all cultures are equal but that opinions other than their own are forbidden -...' - Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture What's Left of It, p.2874

Quotes May 8

There is not even a single prodigal son in the
entire family who did ever say, "I will arise, and
go unto my Father" till first the Father's grace,
veiling itself in the afflicting providence of a
mighty famine, had taught the prodigal the
miserable results of sin.
     --C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)
      _Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit_, Volume 11 [1865]

I know without a doubt that it's the hand of God
that's brought me through a lot of my self-
destructive times.
I can almost hear Him say, "Not yet, Cash.  I'm not
through with you yet."  He'd straighten me out and
slap me. --Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
(In Raymond Obstfeld's _Twang: The Ultimate
 Book of Country Music Quotations_ [1997],
 "Homespun Truth & Spirituality")

Drug taking is a last man's way of pursuing happiness and wisdom, andd the short cut turns out to be the deadest of dead ends. -  -Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture What's Left of It, p225

Quotes May 7

Popular capitalism, which is the economic expression of liberty, is a far more attractive means for diffusing power in our society. Socialists cry "Power to the people" & raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they mean - power over people, power to the State- Margaret Thatcher@MrsMThatcher

In 1911, the year of my mothers birth,  there was one crime recorded for every 370 inhabitants of England and Wales.; 80 years later it was one for every 10 inhabitants,There has been a twelve fold increase since 1941 and an even greater increase in crimes of violence. -Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture What's Left of It, p9

We are poor parents if we expect perfect sanctification in our children, especially given the lower levels we ourselves have attained! - Sinclitr Ferguson, Maturity, p21

Quotes May 6

The only thing worse than having a family, I discovered, is not having a family. - - Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture What's Left of It, p 25

MACBETH         Cure her of that.
                Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,
                Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
                Raze out the written troubles of the brain
                And with some sweet oblivious antidote
                Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff
                Which weighs upon the heart?
The Doctor      "Therein the patient Must minister to himself" (Shakespeare, 5.3.57-58).

All things within this fading world hath end,
Adversity doth still our joys attend;
No ties so strong, no friends so dear and sweet,
But with death's parting blow is sure to meet.
The sentence past is most irrevocable,
A common thing, yet oh, inevitable.
How soon, my Dear, death may my steps attend.
How soon't may be thy lot to lose thy friend,
We both are ignorant, yet love bids me
These farewell lines to recommend to thee,
That when that knot's untied that mae us one,
I may seem thine, who in effect am none.
And if I see not half my days that's due,
What nature would, God grant to yours and you;
The many faults that well you know
I have Let be interred in my oblivious grave;
If any worth or virtue were in me,
Let that live freshly in thy memory
And when thou feel'st no grief, as I no harms,
Yet love thy dead, who long lay in thine arms.
And when thy loss shall be repaid with gains
Look to my little babes, my dear remains.
And if thou love thyself, or loved'st me,
These O protect from step-dame's injury.
And if chance to thine eyes shall bring this verse,
With some sad sighs honour my absent hearse;
And kiss this paper for thy love's dear sake,
Who with salt tears this last farewell did take.
Before the Birth of One of Her Children, Anne Bradstreet

Quotes May 4

We have many pupils who can tell you that you can choose your own gender but they struggle to spell 'gender'! - David Robertson https://theweeflea.com/2019/05/02/scotlands-future-the-hope-history-hubris-humiliation-and-hypocrisy-of-nicola-sturgeon/

Everyone was to attend church on Sundays and holy days , under penalty of 12d(5p )fines  for each absence, - Act of Uniformity of Elizabeth 1, in - Peter Marshall, Heretics and Believers,p.433

The fact of progress is obvious. The life expectancy of an Indian peasant, for example, now exceeds by far that of a member of the British royal family the apogee of British power.- Theodore Dalrmple, Our Culture What's Left of It, p.ix

Quotes May 3

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.--Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)  

The fear of some divine and supreme powers keep men in obedience.--Robert Burton (1577-1640) _The Anatomy of Melancholy_ [1621-1651]; Part 3, Section 4

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.--Aristotle (384-322 B

Would you repent if God spoke to you directly from heaven? In the time of Moses, God's people did hear him speak to them- at Mount Sinai in words which were loud and full of majesty. How did they respond? Whilst affected at first, they soon made the golden calf.
 - Jonathan Edwards

Christ above all else. No knowledge is more valuable.- William Bode

Quotes May 2

Multiculturalism and cultural relativism are at odds with common sense.-  Theodore Dalrymple (Summer 2004). "Multiculturalism Starts Losing Its Luster". City Journal.

(Thomas) Cromwell swore he would never abandon their (the Reformer) teaching , saying that if the king turned format 'I would fight in the field in mine own person, with my sword in my hand, against him and all others'.- - Peter Marshall, Heretics and Believers,p.280

I am going to the three Persons. with whom I have had communion: they have taken me: I did not take them. I think I cannot love Christ better than I do: I am swallowed up in God.- Thomas Goodwin, dying words in Lewis Allan & Tim Chester, The Glory of Grace.p18