"As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard. This is the real disposition of human nature; it is what neither the honorable member nor myself can correct. It is a common misfortunate that awaits our State constitution, as well as all others."

Source : Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton (1932). “Jeffersonian principles and Hamiltonian principles: extracts from the writings of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton”

Alexander Hamilton

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“My style is streamlined, sophisticated and simple, so I usually go for a dress. No matching involved. I am bad at matching! I like easy and when you're done, it looks like a second skin. I wear dresses every day for that reason. It's easy!”
“I used to have Bible studies at my house. I was in the choir. I was mischievous but also a real mama's boy. It was a pretty happy childhood.”
“Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you....”

Source : Interview, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 1950
“Books were like old friends, with their worn covers and well-thumbed pages..”

Source : Naomi Ragen (2010). “Jephte's Daughter”, p.147, Macmillan
“There is a power so organized, so subtle, so complete, and so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.”
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. . . Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.”
“I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time.”
“The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived.”

Source : Harold Coward, Toby Foshay, Jacques Derrida (1992). “Derrida and Negative Theology”, p.59, SUNY Press

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