“There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.”
Will Rogers
“Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.”
Aristotle
“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”
Charles Darwin
“A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.”
Henry Fielding
“An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it. It should be capable of shutting its doors sometimes, or it may be found a little draughty.”
Samuel Butler
“You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.”
“It should be noted that when he seizes a state the new ruler ought to determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He should inflict them once and for all, and not have to renew them every day.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
