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Quote by Claudius Claudianus

“Liberty begets license.”

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Claudius Claudianus was a Roman poet active in the 4th century. His works are known for their ornate language and complex structure, primarily focusing on political and military themes. more

“No doubt hard work is a great police agent. If everybody were worked from morning till night, and then carefully locked up, the register of crime might be greatly diminished. But what would become of human nature? Where would be the room for growth in such a system of things? It is through sorrow and mirth, plenty and need, a variety of passions, circumstances, and temptations, even through sin and misery, that men's natures are developed.”

Source: Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon

“Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but by ascending a little, you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.”

Ifs Looks May Littles Moral Habit Higher Infinite Improvement Atmosphere Over It Toil Vicious Mist Ascending

Book:Fruits of leisure: Essays written in the intervals of business

Source: Fruits of leisure: Essays written in the intervals of business

“To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.”

Thinking Worthy Improvement Aspire Not Worthy

Author:Arthur Helps

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