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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty
In politics stupidity is not a handicap
I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether
Votes should be weighed not counted
Politics is more difficult than physics
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser
Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it
In all political regulations, good cannot be complete, it can only be predominant
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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