"It has always happened that tyrants, in order to strengthen their power, have made every effort to train their people not only in obedience and servility toward themselves, but also in adoration."

-- Etienne de La Boetie

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“He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.”
“You may pronounce the sentence upon me, honourable judge, but let the world know that in A.D. 1886, in the State of Illinois, eight men were sentenced to death because they believed in a better future; because they had not lost their faith in the ultimate victory of liberty and justice!”

Source : Address of August Spies. "The Accused the Accusers: Famous Speeches of the Chicago Anarchists in Court", www.chicagohistoryresources.org. 1886.
“If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.”
“What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.”

Source : Jack Vance (1981). “Star King”, p.36, Spatterlight Press
“Money makes up in a measure all other wants in men.”

Source : William Wycherley (2012). “Four Great Restoration Comedies”, p.25, Courier Corporation
“Not deep the poet sees, but wide.”
“People should not judge failed love affairs as failed experiences, but as part of the growth process. Something does not have to end well for it to have been one of the most valuable experiences of a lifetime.”

Source : "What it takes to love well and wisely" by Cathleen Medwick, www.cnn.com. January 7, 2011.
“I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don't pay much attention to the past or the future.”

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