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Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the…
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may…
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A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
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...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...
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There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that…
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Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
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It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the…
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over…
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The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide…
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Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Why should we desire the destruction of human passions? Take passions from human beings and what is left? The great object should…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up…
— Confucius
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There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.
— St. Catherine of Siena
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Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.
— Confucius
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Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue.…
— Zhuangzi
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In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no…
— Benjamin Hoff
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
— Confucius
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Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness
— Confucius
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and…
— Confucius
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