"We are only so free that others may be free as well as we."

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Source : Benjamin Whichcote, Anthony Tuckney (1753). “Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney”, p.45

Benjamin Whichcote

#May Quotes #Wells Quotes

“For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth. [It., Che spesso avvien che ne' maggior perigli Son piu audaci gli ottimi consigli.]”
“Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.”
“To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”
“The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.”
“It's okay to be sad. Everyone gets sad now and then. Even me.”
“It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.”
“When my daughter was born, that was the first time I cried from happiness.”
“Love someone too much to help them prevent making a mistake.”

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