The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American...is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners...Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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Constancy is the foundation of virtue.
Constancy is the foundation of virtue.
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The three-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.
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The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.
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Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.
Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
