"Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you……" — Robert Harris
"Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics there is no credit to be won by timidity."
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62 Quotes by Robert Harris
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The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.
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What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them!
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It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only…
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That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.
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You find out what you think by talking to yourself.
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Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name?
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