The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
PlutarchWe rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things.
PlutarchAmong real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal or one of them is superior.
PlutarchStatesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into their very meals, beds, marriages, and every other sportive or serious action.
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