All Quotes
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Some promises are better left unsaidAshlee Simpson, In her album Autobiography.
In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one part of the citizens to give to the other.Voltaire, The Portable Voltaire
Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
No man is truly great, who is great only in his life-time. The test of greatness is the page of history.William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet.Lao-Tzu
Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness.William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.William Hazlitt
A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating