"Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper it. Had Nero tuned his kingdom as he did his harp, his harmony had been more honorable, and his reign more prosperous."

-- Francis Quarles

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“I can be by myself because I'm never lonely, I'm simply alone, living in my heavily populated solitude, a harum-scarum of infinity and eternity, and Infinity and Eternity seem to take a liking to the likes of me.”

Source : Bohumil Hrabal (1992). “Too Loud a Solitude”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.”
“India will reveal to you the places in your heart that must be purified.”
“Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.”
“Look at the posture of prayer. It is the posture of slavery, of bowing before your master. We are a proudly rebellious country. We kicked out the master. Now here comes the government telling us to humbly bow again.”
“I worked in sales. It was definable, it had a quantifiable approach to accomplishment that had a great deal of importance to me. It had a degree of clarity that I loved. And of course, it was core.”
“When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.”
“Declare independence, don't let them do that to you!”

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