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“I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make use of their weaknesses.”
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“The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness. Thus the Western Empire died.”
Source : Adrian Goldsworthy (2009). “The Fall Of The West: The Death Of The Roman Superpower”, p.178, Hachette UK
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“Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.”
Source : Alain de Botton (2006). “On Love: A Novel”, p.134, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“If you do not want the State to act like a criminal, you must disarm it as you would a criminal; you must keep it weak. The State will always be criminal in proportion to its strength; a weak State will always be as criminal as it can be, or dare be, but if it is kept down to the proper limit of weakness - which, by the way, is a vast deal lower limit than people are led to believe - its criminality may be safely got on with.”
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“It is a singular advantage of taxes on articles of consumption that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their own limit, which cannot be exceeded without defeating the end purposed - that is, an extension of the revenue.”
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“It's all about gold. It's all about gold, gold, gold, gold! Excess!”
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“Success is not a process of accumulating wealth, building mass relationship or collecting things in excess, but developing, excelling, fostering and growing the happiness for self and others without recess to treat it as the life's progress.”
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“In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view.”
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“Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.”
Source : "Beverly: An Autobiography". Book by Lawrence Linderman, 1987.
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“Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.”
Source : Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth (1805). “The Letters of Pliny the Consul”, p.51
