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Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“How perilous it is to free a people who prefer slavery.”

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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

“Wishing won't make it so Hoping won't do it, praying won't do it Religion won't do it, philosophy won't do it The Supreme Court won't do it, the President and the Congress won't do it The UN won't do it, the H-bomb won't do it, the sun and the moon won't do it And God won't do it, and I certainly won't do it That leaves you, you'll have to do it”

Philosophy Wish President Sun Praying Moon Court Congress Supreme Bombs Supreme Court

Author:Todd Rundgren

“The term "incorporeal" is properly applied only to the void, which cannot act or be acted on. Since the soul can act and be acted upon, it is corporeal.”

Soul Term Void

Book:Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

“Attention is the opium of the people”

People Attention Opium

Author:Fred Ross

“People who used magic without knowing what they were doing usually came to a sticky end. All over the entire room, sometimes.”

People Ends Sometimes Used Rooms Knowing Magic Discworld Sticky

Book:Moving Pictures: (Discworld Novel 10)

Source: Moving Pictures: (Discworld Novel 10)

“Anybody, anywhere in the world, all they want is to be free, to choose what they want to do without having someone tell them how to do it.”

World Want

Author:Freida Pinto

“There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.”

Way Needs Surprise Occasions Tenderness Companionship Affinity

Book:The Varieties of Religious Experience

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience

“I feel being an actress is probably not half as difficult as being a mother, and I do not know when I will be ready for that kind of a decision.”

Knows Feels Kind Mother Difficult Decision Half Ready Actresses Being A Mother

Author:Freida Pinto

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