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?

Leigh Hunt quotes

Colors are the smiles of nature.
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Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.
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If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.
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It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.
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Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.
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Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.
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The groundwork of all happiness is health.
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The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
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Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.
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Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.
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