"A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation of ancient freedom, if they had not long since been accustomed to prefer the solid assurance of bread to the unsubstantial visions of liberty and greatness."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Pride Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Long Quotes

“Ronaldo has been compared to the incomparable George Best”
“Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use.”
“If nobody will help you do it alone!”
“He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation.”
“I mean, even New York isn't in any great shape anymore in relation to the rest of the world.”
“True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.”
“Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.”
“The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.”

Source : Thomas Robert Malthus (1959). “Population: The First Essay”, p.13, University of Michigan Press

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