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Marcus Aurelius:The universal order and the


The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
by Marcus Aurelius


Joseph Wood Krutch:Cats seem to go on the


Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
by Joseph Wood Krutch


Jane Porter:The virtues, like the Muses, are


The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
by Jane Porter


Samuel Butler:All animals but men know that the


All animals but men know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it -and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow it.
by Samuel Butler


David Hume:Where ambition can cover its


Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
by David Hume


David Hume:There ambition can cover its


There ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexibl eof passions.
by David Hume


Albert Pike:The double law of attraction and


The double law of attraction and radiation or of sympathy and antipathy, of fixedness and movement, which is the principle of Creation, and the perpetual cause of life.
by Albert Pike


Ann Landers:All married couples should learn the


All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest- never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.
by Ann Landers


Albert Pike:A war for a great principle ennobles


A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. A war for commercial supremacy, upon some shallow pretext, is despicable, and more than aught else demonstrates to what immeasurable depths of baseness men and nations can descend.
by Albert Pike


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