“What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.”

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American fantasy writer 1975

Beryl Bainbridge book Injury Time

Injury Time (London: Abacus, [1977] 2003) ch. 4, pp. 41-42.

“Many of these were not prisoners of war, and redeemed from savage conquerors, as some plead; and they who were such prisoners, the English, who promote the war for that very end, are the guilty authors of their being so; and if they were redeemed, as is alleged, they would owe nothing to the redeemer but what he paid for them.”

Thomas Paine (1737–1809) English and American political activist

1770s, African Slavery in America (March 1775)

“After this, having invited over to him all persons whatsoever that were famous for valour in foreign nations, he began to augment the number of his domestics, and introduced such politeness into his court, as people of the remotest countries thought worthy of their imitation. So that there was not a nobleman who thought himself of any consideration, unless his clothes and arms were made in the same fashion as those of Arthur's knights.”
Tunc invitatis probissimis quibusque ex longe positis regnis, cepit familiam suam augmentare, tantamque facetiam in domo sua habere ita et emulationem longe manentibus populis ingereret. Unde nobilissimus quisque incitatus nichili pendebat se nisi sese sive in induendo sive in arma ferendo ad modo militum Arturi haberet.

Geoffrey of Monmouth The History of the Kings of Britain

Bk. 9, ch. 11; p. 239.
Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain)

“It went without saying that he felt guilty about what had happened, but married friends had assured him that guilt was the cornerstone of any good marriage. It meant that a conscience was at work, values were held in high esteem, and reasons to feel guilty were best avoided whenever possible.”

Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist

Travis Parker, Proloque, p. 2
2000s, The Choice (2007)

“There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“This loving person is a person who abhors waste — waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

LOVE (1972)

“They even want unelected panels of bureaucrats to decide who gets what life-saving medical care and who is just too old or it’s too expensive to be worth saving.”

Christine O'Donnell (1969) American Tea Party politician and former Republican Party candidate

at Family Research Council's Values Voters Summit, 2010-09-17
Mike
Lillis
O'Donnell revives Palin's 'death panel' claim on health reform
2010-09-18
The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/119545-odonnell-revives-palins-death-panel-claim
2010-10-30
Kenneth
Hayes
Christine O'Donnell: health care and death panels
2010-09-18
Chicago Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-chicago/christine-o-donnell-health-care-and-death-panels
2010-10-30
2010 Delaware US Senate race