Sense can support herself handsomely in most countries on some eighteen pence a day; but for fantasy, planets … - Thomas B. Macaulay

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People say 'Poor guy. ' That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. 'Poor guy,' like I'm some victim. There's nothing poor about me.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Sense can support herself handsomely in most countries on some eighteen pence a day; but for fantasy, planets and solar systems, will not suffice.

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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

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People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

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A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

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People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

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