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Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.


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[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . .

[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . .



Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?



Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.

Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.



If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.

If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.



I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs.

I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs.



That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.



For violence or fraud can create no right.

For violence or fraud can create no right.



Liars need to have good memories.

Liars need to have good memories.



[I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.

[I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.



Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.

Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.





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I cannot do everything but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something I can do.

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You should wake up in the morning and say, 'What do I want to do today? What's going to make me happy?'

You should wake up in the morning and say, 'What do I want to do today? What's going to make me happy?'



I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan.

I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I will not leave behind a single inch of it because, like the other provinces, it belongs to Pakistan.



Cheese, in any form, is my guilty pleasure. I would rather have a cheese platter for dinner than any meal. There's nothing better!

Cheese, in any form, is my guilty pleasure. I would rather have a cheese platter for dinner than any meal. There's nothing better!



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I've never worked with an acting coach, no.



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The perfect pleasure: money is neither fattening nor immoral nor illegal.



To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture.

To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture.



you can't beat me and my prayers!

you can't beat me and my prayers!




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