"There are few occasions when we should..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.
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“However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.”
“Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills.”
“Men more easily renounce their interests than their tastes.”
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“I'm gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me...your great grandkids will say "wow, wasn't that a bizarre individual?"”
“I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.”
“Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.”
More on Sacrifice
“I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to prison. Too many have suffered for the love of freedom. I owe it to their widows, to their orphans, to their mothers and their fathers, who have grieved and wept for them ..... Not only have I suffered during these long lonely wasted years. I am no less life-loving than you are. But I cannot sell the birthright of the people to be free ....... Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”
“The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.”
“No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.”