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Other Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales
- You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love…
- Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them,…
- Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
- Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of…
- The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.
- Don't sow your desires in someone else's garden; just cultivate your own as best you can; don't long to be other than what you are,…
- Do not fret under such assistance as is needful; therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at being poor without…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour