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A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, read more
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she read more
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
O, where is loyalty?
If it be banished from the frosty head,
Where shall it find a read more
O, where is loyalty?
If it be banished from the frosty head,
Where shall it find a harbor in the earth?
My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will read more
My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will be together
with those of their husbands in paradise).
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success
