The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such … - Aristophanes

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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

Aristophanes

The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.

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Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

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No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

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High thoughts must have high language.

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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.

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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.

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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

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Augustus William Hare

Few are aware that they want any thing, except pounds schillings and pence.

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Marianne Williamson

A lot of us simply disengaged from politics altogether, but then we woke up and went wow, wait a minute. Why does that insane conversation get to dominate? Who made those people the creators of the conversation? And how can we start a new one?

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Douglas Wilson

If you keep the law of God, you are not described in Scripture as a pinched legalist, but rather as happy (Prov. 29:18).

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Ludwig von Mises

The bureaucrat is not free to aim at improvement. He is bound to obey rules and regulations established by a superior body. He has no right to embark upon innovations if his superiors do not approve of them. His duty and his virtue is to be obedient.

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