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?

George MacDonald quotes

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.
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Attitudes are more important than facts.
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Beauty and sadness always go together.Nature thought beauty too rich to go forthUpon the earth without a meet alloy.
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Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
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Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
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It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.
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It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
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Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.
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The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.
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To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.
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To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
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We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.
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