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The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 21

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 21: Other Defects of the Present Confederation." Independent Journal, 12 Dec. 1787.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 21: Other defects of present confederation.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men without an orator.

William Shakespeare

The Rape of Lucrece

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Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. London: Richard Field, 1594, I. 29.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Rape of Lucrece." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, I. 29.

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It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

John Dryden

Fables Ancient and Modern

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Dryden, John, translator. "The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Nun's Priest's Tale, From Chaucer." written by Geoffrey Chaucer. Fables Ancient and Modern. London: Jacob Tonson, 1700.

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Dryden, John. "Fables Ancient and Modern." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Vinton A. Dearing. Vol. 7, University of California Press, 2002.

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Mix a little foolishness with your prudence:
It's good to be silly at the right moment.

Horace

Odes

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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 4, no. 12.

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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, no. 12.

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Fast, fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch was in the bed before the room was dark.

Muhammad Ali

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When We Were Kings. Directed by Leon Gast. Performed by Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Gramercy Pictures, Jan. 1996. Originally a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 17 Sept. 1974, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY, USA.

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We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third.

Leslie Knope

Parks and Recreation

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"The Fight." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Amy Poehler, directed by Randall Einhorn, season 3, episode 13, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2011.

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Now I live in hope, but the end is in the hands of gods.

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

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Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Psalm 90:2

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 90:2).

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Don't confuse honors with achievement.

Zadie Smith

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Smith, Zadie. "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 2." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/22/zadie-smith-rules-for-writers.

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A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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De Balzac, Honoré. "Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées [Memoirs of Two Brides]." Scènes de la vie privée. Paris: Fume, 1842.

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Singlemindedness is all-powerful.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Yamamoto, Tsunemomo. 葉隠 [Hagakure]. c. 1716.

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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Apostle Paul

Philippians 4:6

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Philippians 4:6).

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Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love.

William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

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Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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