Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Arthur Helps quotes

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.
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A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
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Achilles absent was Achilles still!
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Choose an author as you choose a friend.
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Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.
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Experience is the extract of suffering.
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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
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He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.
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In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.
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Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?
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Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.
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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
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Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.
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