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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment — and nothing more corrupting.
A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) British historian, journalist, broadcaster [Alan John Percivale Taylor]
“William Cobbett” (1953),
Essays in English History (1976)
Added on 12-Apr-21 | Last updated 19-Apr-21
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Topics: acceptance, cooption, corruption, establishment, status quo
More quotes by Taylor, A. J. P. For, where God built a church, there the devil would also build a chapel.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German religious reformer
Table Talk [Colloquia Mensalia], ch. 2 (1566) [tr. Bell]
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Added on 1-May-17 | Last updated 19-Apr-18
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Topics: cooption, corruption, devil, God, holy, imitation, infiltration, target
More quotes by Luther, Martin ‘Tis much safer for thee to reconcile an Enemy than conquer him. Victory may deprive him of his Power for the present; but Reconciliation disarms his Will.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 782 (1725)
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Added on 21-Dec-12 | Last updated 2-Oct-24
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Topics: cooption, enemy, reconciliation, victory
More quotes by Fuller, Thomas (1654) No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.
George Herbert (1593-1633) Welsh priest, orator, poet.
Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. (compiler), # 674 (1640 ed.)
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Added on 10-Jun-10 | Last updated 22-Dec-23
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Topics: chapel, competition, cooption, corruption, devil, holy, imitation, infiltration
More quotes by Herbert, George Don’t fight forces, use them.
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) American architect, engineer
Shelter Magazine (Nov 1932)
The motto of Shelter magazine, when renamed and repurposed by Fuller in 1932 from Philadelphia's old T-Square Club Journal.
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 2-Dec-20
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Topics: architecture, cooption, force, judo, opposition, struggle, take advantage
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