"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."
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Politician
"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live."
Accepting
"If you cannot persuade your country you must do whatever it orders, and patiently submit to any punishment that it imposes."
Wrong
"One must not even do wrong when one is wronged, which most people regard as the natural course."
The Principles
"I cannot abandon the principles which I used to hold in the past simply because this accident has happened to me; they seem to me to be much as they were, and I respect and regard the same principles now as before. So unless we can find better principles on this...
Wise or Stupid
"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good, which would be a splendid thing, if it were so. Actually they have neither. They cannot make a man wise or stupid; they simply act at...
Poets
"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."
Contented with the Least
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."
A Man of Courage
"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."
Deepest Desires
"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."