“Passion has helped us; but can do so no more. It will in future be our enemy.”
Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 40
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“Military glory—that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.”
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles—right and wrong—throughout the world.”
“The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.”
“Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.”
“A great many people were put down as mad among us last year.”
“Money can always and everywhere be spent, and, moreover, forbidden fruit is sweetest of all.”
“A gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion.”
“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
“Mere existence had always been too little for him; he had always wanted more.”
“The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing.”
“To make truth sound probable you must always mix in some falsehood with it.”
“One must really be a great man to be able to make a stand even against common sense.”
“The thirst for culture is an aristocratic thirst. Boredom is an aristocratic sensation.”