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- Mere negation, mere Epicurean infidelity, as Lord Bacon most justly observes, has never disturbed the peace of the world. It furnishes no motive for action;…
- History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the…
- To carry the spirit of peace into war is a weak and cruel policy. When an extreme case calls for that remedy which is in…
- The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman.
- Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital to find its…
- That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.
- We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
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