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- Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend…
- We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together, and considered what…
- Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the…
- Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.
- I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading, nothing now remains to comfort…
- A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two…
- Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no…
- All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to…
- Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants,…
- Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience of him that…
- They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in…
- Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no…
- Humanity is a Virtue all preach, none practice, and yet every body is content to hear
- Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide