Crowned with Wild Olive and not with gold.
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Wilful error is limited by the will, but what limit is there to that of which we are unconscious.
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The unlucky fact is that the wise of one class habitually contemplate the foolish of the other.
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The unconquered powers of precedent and Custom interpose between a King and Virtue.
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By Transparency on all sides it is possible to pass unrecognised.
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I – Plainness is that which cannot be seen by looking at it.
He – Stillness is that which cannot be heard by listening to it.
We – Rareness is that which cannot be felt by handling it.
When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.
When wisdom is met with honours, the world is filled with pretenders.
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Being wise you are merely natural.
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I am going to reap the harvest of my mind and I am going to scatter it.
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Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
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Everyman who has endeavoured to enslave his fellows I hate with all my heart and soul; and yet the only injury I would do them would be to enlighten them.
Sincere words are not grand. Grand words are not faithful.
“Business,” they think, “is always good whether it be busy in mischief or benefit.”