"...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself."

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Citizens Quotes #Riches Quotes #Enough Quotes

“So, from generation to generation, the spiritual church is rising upwards toward its perfection; and, though one after another the workmen pass away, the fabric remains, and the great Master-builder carries on the undertaking. Be it ours to build in our portion in a solid and substantial manner, so that they who come after us may be at once thankful for our thoroughness, and inspired by our example.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 144, 1895.
“Myself and Jamie Moffat did not agree on everything but he always knew I had the experience.”
“I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.”
“We once installed a $1.49 trap in a woman's toilet and she never had ghost problems again.”
“It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.”
“The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.”

Source : Ntozake Shange (2010). “Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel”, p.36, Macmillan
“I'm not really a full-time director, I just like to direct the things that I write because I think I'm going to know it better than someone else.”
“Buried under the biggest burden is a good place to find an even bigger blessing.”

Source : Janette Oke (1989). “The Father of Love”, Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House Publishers

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