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On a good day, it achieves something between a really thorough teeth cleaning—as a writer once described it to me—and a whiz-bang magic act.
“For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.”
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“Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.”
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“If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy who drives a plough to know more of the scriptures than you do.”
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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
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