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Everything degenerates in the hands of man.


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People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.



I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.



There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.



Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains



The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.



People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.



Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?



Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.



I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.



No one is happy unless he respects himself.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.





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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.

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The threat is stronger than the execution.

The threat is stronger than the execution.



We only hurt others because we don't love ourselves. Learning to truly love yourself changes your relationship with everyone.

We only hurt others because we don't love ourselves. Learning to truly love yourself changes your relationship with everyone.



I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.

I did pilots here and there but mostly I was doing little bits in movies.



The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.

The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.



He had mourned each of those great trains as, one by one, they were pulled off the lines and left to rust in some yard, like old aristocrats, fading away; antique relics of times gone by.

He had mourned each of those great trains as, one by one, they were pulled off the lines and left to rust in some yard, like old aristocrats, fading away; antique relics of times gone by.



He that's in love, i' faith, even if he is hungry, isn't hungry at all.

He that's in love, i' faith, even if he is hungry, isn't hungry at all.



A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.



Well certainly not having any choice - having your entire life dictated by others.

Well certainly not having any choice - having your entire life dictated by others.



Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.

Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.




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