"Fools admire everything in an author of..." - Quote by Voltaire
Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.
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“One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
“The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.”
“We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who are all, either from their jealousy or preoccupation or want of intelligence, opposed to us - and yet despite their bias, just for the sake of making these men decide in our favor, we peril in so many ways both our peace and our life.”