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- All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
- William Congreve (1670 - 1729)
- What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
(Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex) - Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of thy life.
- Jeremy Taylor (1613 - 1667)
- How use doth breed a habit in a man.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- Hence it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.
(Hinc Gham Sit Calmus Saevior Ense Patet) - Robert Burton (1577 - 1640)
- Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.
- Barnard Elliot Bee
- One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
- Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
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