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- History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodate themselves with other people's property.
- We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one…
- Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes,…
- What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -…
- We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
- The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are…
- It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for…
- If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in…
- Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.
- Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
- If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.
- Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them…
- The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
- In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
- Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great…
- The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and who, not being able to understand the Creation, the origin…
More Other Quotes
- 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