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 | "Any one entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with
the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of
the people." | |
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Jean de La Fontaine
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| "I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined
to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to
the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another." | |
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Jane Porter
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| "It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused." | |
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Sir William Davenant
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| "The best security against revolution is in constant correction of
abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of
timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary." | |
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Richard Whately
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| "There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease
that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love will not open; no
gulf that enough love will not bridge; no wall that enough love will not
throw down; no sin that enough love will not redeem ... It makes no
difference how deeply seated may be the trouble; how hopeless the outlook;
how muddled the tangle; how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of
love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the
happiest and most powerful being in the world ..." | |
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Emmet Fox
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| "Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you.
Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing
[superstition], and love those who love you." | |
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Francois Voltaire
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