"I am not bound to please thee..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
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“The lover must often say, "I love because I must, because I will it. I love for myself, not for others. I love for the joy it gives me - and incedentally, only - for that joy it gives to others. If they reinforce me it will be good. If they do not, it also will be good, for I will to love."”
“Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.”
“I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.”