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Algernon Sidney

"Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible for a corrupted people to set up a good government, or for a tyranny to be introduced if they be virtuous; and makes this conclusion, 'That where the matter (that is, the body of the people) is not corrupted, tumults and disorders do not hurt; and where it is corrupted, good laws do no good:' which being confirmed by reason and experience, I think no wise man has ever contradicted him."

Source : Algernon Sidney (1805). “Discourses on Government”, p.83

Algernon Sidney

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“The colors that float from the masthead should be the credentials of our seamen. There is no safety to us, and the gentlemen have shown it, but in the rule that all who sail under the flag (not being enemies) are protected by the flag.”
“I never did any sports at school. It wasn't until I moved to America, to New York, when I was about 20 that I actually thought that if I wanted to be an actress I might have to start working out.”

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“It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.”

Source : Vikram Seth (1994). “Arion & the Dolphin: a libretto”, Not Avail
“People don't always recognize how serious it can be, that there can be some serious complications from the flu and even death. People believe they'll be down for a few days and then be fine, and that's just not the case.”

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“The adult May fly lives only a few hours, just long enough to mate. He has neither mouth nor stomach, but needs neither since he does not live long enough to need to eat. The eggs the May fly leaves hatch after the parent has died. What is it all about. What's the point? There is no point. That's just the way it is. It is neither good nor bad. Life is mainly simply inevitable. (41)”
“As far as I'm concerned, the coolest word in film is 'cult.”

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“I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.”
“A good rule of angling philosophy is not to interfere with any fishermans ways of being happy, unless you want to be hated.”

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