Category: philosopher
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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
Edmund Burke
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.
Adam Smith
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
Thomas Carlyle
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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Edmund Burke
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Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Edmund Burke
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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.
Edmund Burke
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The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
Plato
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If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
Michel de Montaigne