The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money


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The power never to allow money corrupt your mind is by learning not to revere money above people.
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Money makes the wise more humble,but an opportunity for the fool to exhibit all his pride.
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Who is wise? One who learns from all.
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Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
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No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.
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If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
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The sun will set without thy assistance.
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The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.
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everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure
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During my stay in the United States, I witnessed the spontaneous formation of committees in a countr...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
I had rather mistrust my own capacity than God's justice.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
The principle of equality, which makes men independent of each other, gives them a habit and a taste...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
Montaigne said long ago: "Were I not to follow the straight road for its straightness, I should foll...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have bec...
TOCQUEVILLE
It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.
ALEXIS OHANIAN
If it's time to party, it's time for hip hop. I love Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye. If I'm chillin...
ALEXIS KNAPP
Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave.
ALEXIS ARGUELLO
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia
ALEXIS CARREL
The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be ...
ALEXIS CARREL
The quality of life is more important than life itself
ALEXIS CARREL
Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive
ALEXIS CARREL
To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know. - Reflectio...
ALEXIS CARREL
Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very not...
ALEXIS CARREL
Too many people regard prayer as a formalized routine of words, a refuge for weaklings, or a childis...
ALEXIS CARREL
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other peopl...
ALEXIS CARREL
Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series ...
ALEXIS CARREL
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. ...
ALEXIS CARREL
Maybe libertarians especially like Reddit because it is a perfect marketplace of content. Every Redd...
ALEXIS OHANIAN
Love making jewelry? Awesome! Find blogs that inspire you, follow people on social media who have gr...
ALEXIS OHANIAN
Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.
ALEXIS DUPUY
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other peopl...
ALEXIS CARREL
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
ALEXIS CARREL
Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.
ALEXIS CARREL
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
ALEXIS CARREL
To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.
ALEXIS CARREL
As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and qua...
ALEXIS CARREL
Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
ALEXIS CARREL
The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. ...
ALEXIS CARREL
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must...
ALEXIS CARREL
A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning lead ...
ALEXIS CARREL
As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and qu...
ALEXIS CARREL
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need t...
ALEXIS CARREL
If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of...
ALEXIS HERMAN
The more storage you have, the more stuff you accumulate.
ALEXIS STEWART
A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to...
KIM ALEXIS
Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are go...
ALEXIS HERMAN
I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whe...
ALEXIS DENISOF
The white dogs with black spots were the worst. It wasn't so much their aggression; other dogs were ...
ANDRé ALEXIS
Our efforts are to promote a healthy lifestyle, and smoking and tobacco use are the leading cause of...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS
We are hoping to get more people to contribute money, so that we can do more things like this.
ALEXIS WILLIAMS
We think it would as big benefit to people who lost their whole home or part of their home. For peop...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS
It was fun, especially at the end when we got all down and dirty. Now I'm ready to go take a bath.
ALEXIS WILLIAMS
I've been just waiting, waiting, waiting. We couldn't wait until state after last year, because we k...
ALEXIS WILLIAMS
It's really hard. Not having someone that you do absolutely everything with everyday - there's not r...
ALEXIS WAGGONER
We have buttons now that have his picture and the phone number that you call in case you know anythi...
ALEXIS WAGGONER
It's very out of character for him. We're all very, very worried and we want to see him come home .....
ALEXIS WAGGONER
I just want him to come home safe. I'm hoping that maybe he just was overwhelmed by things and maybe...
ALEXIS WAGGONER