If I had a humble spirit in my service who, when I asked for a glass of water, brought me the world's costliest wines blended in a chalice, I should dismiss him, in order to teach him that my pleasure consists, not in what I enjoy, but in having my own way. Either/Or
If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground. The Karamazov Brothers
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. Julius Caesar
The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to accord with what can be done and what is given it to do. Book IV
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