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Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.”

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Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian historian, political theorist, and philosopher who lived during the Renaissance. He is best known for his book 'The Prince,' which delves into the concepts of power, political tactics, and the art of rule. more

“The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a little higher; sometimes the wind is too rough and we have to lower it a little, and sometimes it gets caught among the tree branches; but to reach the upper strata of pure bliss-ah, perhaps never.”

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“There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; and nothing reveals a man's character more fully than the spirit in which he bears his limitations.”

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“What we know oman today is limited precisely by the extent to which we have regarded him as a machine.”

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Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives.”

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“We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Our qualities and deeds must burn and glow through the gloom oEurope until they become the veritable beacon oits salvation.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.”

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“Human beings are not like sheep; and even sheep are not undistinguishably alike. A man cannot get a coat or a pair oboots to fit him, unless they are either made to his measure, or he has a whole warehouseful to choose from: and is it easier to fit him with a life than with a coat, or are human beings more like one another in their whole physical and spiritual conformation than in the shape of their feet? If it were only that people have diversities of taste, that is reason enough for not attempting to shape them all after one model.”

Source: Annotated On Liberty with English Grammar Exercises: by John Stuart Mill (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)

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