Democracy tends to be a collaborative process, a committee, a consensus.
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.
Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.
Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.
Truly, we are the gods' own children, forged in the fire of our tortured pasts, but also blessed with unimaginable gifts.
Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students.
One can be a soldier without dying and a lover without sighing.
It is unlikely that others would even demand their money back overnight, for doing so would lead to the value of the dollar plummeting; what they would get back with be worth little. But what we are already seeing is an erosion of confidence of the dollar, which is seeing the dollar fall in value.