For my own part I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities which he excites among his opponents. I have always set myself not merely to relish but to deserve thoroughly their censure. Never Give In!
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. Essays
Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. Joan of Arc
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. Book IV
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