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«Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Jealousy,
Liberty
| Keywords:
approaches, downright, guard, inevitably, jealous, jewel, ruined, suspect, unfortunately
«Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dealer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.»
«Friendship Never explain / your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe it anyway. A real friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be on the way down. A friend is someone you can do nothing with and enjoy it. However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the example of others we imitate, as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
| Keywords:
anyway, be on, do-nothing, echo, example, explain, guard, image, imitate, on the way, reflection, shape, tend, The Image
«Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| Keywords:
guard, imposture, impostures, patriotism, pretended
«He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
| About:
Enemies,
Liberty
| Keywords:
establishes, guard, opposition, precedent, secure, violates, violating
«Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
acknowledge, acknowledges, authority, commit, fault, give off, guard, off, off guard, on guard, on your guard, throw, throw off
«For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
| Keywords:
caused, contemptible, disarmed, disgraceful, guard, prince, renders
«Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
brightest, diamonds, discard, discarding, discards, gems, guard, improve, known, moments, on guard, on your guard, spare, sparing, The Diamond, The Diamonds, uncut, useful, value
