Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

Love and you shall be loved.

Love and you shall be loved.

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.

There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy