Statesman Quotes

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
There is no delight in owning anything unshared.
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
Time discovers truth.
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
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