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How perilous it is to free a people who prefer slavery.


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The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.



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Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.



I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

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Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.



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A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.



Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.



It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.



Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.



A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.



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Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.





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