There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.Lord Acton
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Lord Acton
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
Lord Acton
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
Lord Acton
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
Lord Acton
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Lord Acton
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