The animosities of soverigns are temporary, and may be allayed; but those which sieze the whole body of people, and of a people too, dictate their own measures, produce calamities of long duration.
People Quotes
The people are in their nature so gentle, that there never was a government yet in which thousands of mistakes were not overlooked. The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government, that there are no instances of resistance, until repeated, multiplied oppressions have placed it beyond a doubt, that their rulers […]
My only wish is… to transform friends of God into friends of man, believers into thinkers, devotees of prayer into devotees of work, candidates for the hereafter into students of this world, Christians who, by their own procession and admission, are “half animal, half angel” into persons, into whole persons.
The good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army.
Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.
I wandered over the land, and good people did not neglect me. After many years, I became old and white; I heard a great deal, many lies and falsehoods, but the longer I lived the more I understood that there were really no lies. Whatever doesn’t really happen is dreamed at night… No doubt the […]
I love those dear hearts and gentle people, Who live in my home town, Because those dear hearts and gentle people, Will never ever let you down. They read the good book from Fri’ till Monday, That’s how the weekend goes. I’ve got a dream house I’ll build there one day, With picket fence and […]
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
