To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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