Honor is unknown in despotic states.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Truly, there is magic in fairy

Oh, the sweetness of giving in, of full surrender.

Life is a DNA software system.

His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.

We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.

Live simply; make compassionate choices when it comes to food.

It is useless to teach those who do not expect to be transformed

If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights.

Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet But only melancholy; O sweetest melancholy!

Sometimes the harshest lessons were the most valuable.