In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to you previous self.
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Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before Sleep undisturb'd within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
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To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
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