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"Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs."
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"I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority."
"Depression arises when one uses his power and authority. Whatever authority there is, it is there for giving happiness to others. Authority is to give happiness to others, even to those who are guilty of doing wrong."
"But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes."
"God gave us His spirit, for us to have the power and authority to uproot lawlessness and establish God's righteousness."
"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort."
"There's nothing like a military man, even out of uniform."
"Oh lord and master. High muckety-muck."
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"We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom."
"Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided."
"There never were two opinions alike in all the world no more than two hours or two grains: the most universal quality is diversity."
"Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves."
"I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since my childhood.... I love her tenderly, even to her warts and her spots. I am French only by this great city: the glory of France, and one of the noblest ornaments of the world."
"I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind."
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