Famous quotes containing the words general, population and/or prefer:
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“How much atonement is enough? The bombing must be allowed as at least part-payment: those of our young people who are concerned about the moral problem posed by the Allied air offensive should at least consider the moral problem that would have been posed if the German civilian population had not suffered at all.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)
“Imagine my surprise, nay, my consternation, when without moving from his privacy, Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, I would prefer not to.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
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