The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all...

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all...

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other...

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other...

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that...

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that...