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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
joseph addison— Cato, act 4, scene 1, lines 319-21 (1713)
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
alex haley— As quoted in A Touch of Class (2003) by Carol Vanderheyden, p. 60
Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.
george washington— Letter to Benedict Arnold (14 September 1775).
Shaukat Mahal and Sadar Manzil, an architectural curiosity, is a mixture of styles in occidental idioms and sets it apart from the predominantly Islamic architecture of the area. It was designed by a Frenchman, said to be a descendant of an offshoot of the Bourbon kings of France. post- renaissance and Gothic styles are combined to charming effect here.
— S. Gajrani, in History, Religion and Culture of India, Volume 5 (2004), p.81
England's not a bad country? It's just a mean, cold, ugly, divided, tired, clapped-out, post-imperial, post- industrial slag-heap covered in polystyrene hamburger cartons. 286
Margaret Drabble— 1989 A Natural Curiosity.
Omnia post obitum fingit majora vetustas: Majus ab exsequiis nomen in ora venit.
sextus propertius— Time magnifies everything after death; a man's fame is increased as it passes from mouth to mouth after his burial.
— Sextus Propertius, Elegiæ, III. 1. 23.
When I was nominated for the position of Vice President I was very unenthusiastic about it. But I took the post because it provided a powerful platform to talk on matters that are important for the country.
ratu joni madraiwiwi— Closing address to the National Youth Peace camp at Debua, 9 December 2005
Let's turn inflation over to the post office. That'll slow it down.
— Morris Udall Quoted in Richard Severo, "Morris K. Udall, Fiercely Liberal Congressman, Dies at 76," The New York Times (December 14, 1998)
Muslims have a credibility problem. In the modern era, we have a tendency to believe and repeat wild theories, with our only criteria for accepting those theories being that they lend support to pre-existing attitudes. It takes an extremely sympathetic person to overlook such a deficiency, and sympathy for Muslims in a post 9/11 West is in short supply.
— Our Credibility Problem: It's a Conspiracy
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post "Thou shalt not steal", "Thou shalt not commit adultery" and "Thou shalt not lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
George carlin
When Pearse summoned Cuchulain to his side, What stalked through the post Office? What intellect, What calculation, number, measurement, replied? We Irish, born into that ancient sect But thrown upon this filthy modern tide And by its formless spawning fury wrecked, Climb to our proper dark, that we may trace The lineaments of a plummet-measured face.
William Butler Yeats— "The Statues", stanza 4 (1938). Collected in Last Poems (1939).
Very sorry can't come. Lie follows by post.
— Telegraph to the Prince of Wales, declining a dinner invitation. Quoted in Ralph Nevill The World of Fashion1837-1922 (1923), ch.5.
I asked M.—why he'd turned down the offer of a particular post. “I didn't want a post where the office is more important than the holder of it,” he replied.
nicolas chamfort— Reflections
If you like the post office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they're run well, just wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid and health care done by the government.
— CNN Newsroom (August 4, 2009)
"I lost my post when, as a result of the troubles, China lost her authority in Kashgar."
ma shaowu— Ella K. Maillart (2006). Forbidden Journey. READ BOOKS. p. 255. ISBN 1406719269. Retrieved on 2010-06-28.
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.
gough whitlam— Written by Gough Whitlam for the London Daily Telegraph, (19 October 1989). (Andrews, 1993, p. 824)
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
benjamin disraeli— Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil (1845), Book I, Chapter III.
Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II [post survival-focused] society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called social competence it focuses on workplace teamwork -- still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals.
warren farrell— p. 116. (Part IV: Where do we go from here)
To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.
ronald fisher— Presidential Address to the First Indian Statistical Congress, 1938. Sankhya 4, 14-17. ([1])
In capitalist society however where social reason always asserts itself only post festum great disturbances may and must constantly occur.
karl marx— Vol. II, Ch. XVI, p. 319
From the viewpoint of pure economic theory, Karl Marx can be regarded as a minor post- Ricardian .
karl marx— Paul Samuelson (1962). “Economists and History of Ideas,” The American Economic Review, March 1962 pp.
"This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits; But be it so or not, I only know My present duty, and my Lord's command To occupy till He come. So at the post Where He hath set me in His providence, I choose, for one, to meet Him face to face, No faithless servant frightened from my task, But ready when the Lord of the harvest calls; And therefore, with all reverence, I would say, Let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles." And they brought them in.
— John Greenleaf Whittier, quoting or paraphrasing Abraham Davenport in his poem "Abraham Davenport" (May 1866).
Si post fata venit gloria non propero.
— If fame comes after death, I am in no hurry for it.
— Martial, Epigrams (c. 80-104 AD), V. 10. 12.
My days are swifter than a post.
— Job, IX. 25. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
Fronte capillata, post est occasio calva.
— Hairy in front, opportunity is bald behind.
— Disticha, Bk. ii, No. 26
Si post fata venit gloria, non propero.
— If glory comes after death, I hurry not.
— V, 10. (Trans. Zachariah Rush)
(The lockout) makes no sense unless you put it in the context of a wider strategy, which is to somehow weaken Canadians' commitment to Canada post so that ultimately, when the government gets out there to privatize it, they think they can get the public on their side
jack layton— Feds using lockout as wedge to privatize Canada Post: Layton June 17, 2011
