Tag: philosopher
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philosopher, Quotes for Now, statesman
“If ye love wealth better than liberty… May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”
“Always appear what you are, and you will not pass through existence without enjoying its genuine blessings, love and respect.”
“In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
“He lives well who is well hidden.”
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
“Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.”
“Begin doing what you want to do now… We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand – and melting like a snowflake.”
“The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.”
historian, Quotes for Now, writer
