"Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty."

-- Baron de Montesquieu

#Tyrants Quotes #Luxury Quotes #Republic Quotes

“Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.”

Source : "Insight and Responsibility".
“We prefer to find mates who are roughly as attractive as we are, which means they are more likely to stay and not look for a better offer.”
“You know how we built the pyramids? You gotta ask yourself a question always flip the script. What if up was down and down was up? What if you looked down into space standing up on Earth? This is how we built the pyramids.”

Source : "Eddie Griffin: Freedom of Speech". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 2008.
“As an integral part of the Department of Agriculture, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service monitors our Nation's agriculture to protect against agricultural pests and diseases.”
“I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work.”
“Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.”
“Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself.”
“The material universe must consist ... of bodies ... such that each of them exercises its own separate, independent, and invariable effect, a change of the total state being compounded of a number of separate changes each of which is solely due to a separate portion of the preceding state.”

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