Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security...

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security...

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth...

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth...

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he...

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he...

We have mistresses for pleasure, concubines to care for our daily bodys needs and wives...

We have mistresses for pleasure, concubines to care for our daily bodys needs and wives...

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves

I am a citizen of the world.

I am a citizen of the world.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much...

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much...

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so...

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so...

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.