"History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order to live luxuriously out of the earnings of others"

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Source : William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.27, Ludwig von Mises Institute

William Graham Sumner

#Winning Quotes #Order Quotes #Class Quotes

“I was your quintessential nerd in high school.”
“I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.”

Source : Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.162, Crown Business
“I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.”
“There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.”
“I write about this in The Last Temple, the early church knew that Christ has risen from the dead, and so they didn't live their lives with earthly vanities, but they lived their lives for eternal verities. And I think that if we might catch that enthusiasm and the reality of resurrection, we would live by a completely different standard as well.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com
“One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.”
“I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together.”
“I like to be judged by my family and friends because they know me.”

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