"As might be supposed, my parents were quite……" — Albert J. Nock
"As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything."
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50 Quotes by Albert J. Nock
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it…
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You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever…
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When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say,…
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It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average individual's incurious attitude towards the phenomenon of the…
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When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our…
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The competition of social power with State power is always disadvantaged, since the State can arrange the terms of competition…
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It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of…
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The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them…
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As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it cannot even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to…
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The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the…
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it…
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The State claims and exercises the monopoly of crime. It forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal…
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More Cheerfulness Quotes
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
— Aristotle
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
— Joseph Addison
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's…
— Joseph Addison
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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness…
— Joseph Addison
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on…
— Charlotte Bronte
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Cheerfulness has a directly beneficial influence upon health.
— Grenville Kleiser
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Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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The most certain sign of wisdom is continual cheerfulness; her state is like the things above the moon, always clear…
— Michel de Montaigne
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