Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went throu...gh fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A country is strong which consists of wealthy families, every member of whom is interested in defending a common treasure; it is w...eak when composed of scattered individuals, to whom it matters little whether they obey seven or one, a Russian or a Corsican, so long as each keeps his own plot of land, blind in their wretched egotism, to the fact that the day is coming when this too will be torn from them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ambitious men spend their youth in rendering themselves worthy of patronage; it is their great mistake. While the foolish creature...s are laying in stores of knowledge and energy, so that they shall not sink under the weight of responsible posts that recede from them, schemers come and go who are wealthy in words and destitute of ideas, astonish the ignorant, and creep into the confidence of those who have a little knowledge.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is deriv...ed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is uncomfortable to ask condemned people about their sentences just as it is awkward to ask wealthy people why they need so muc...h money, why they use their wealth so poorly, and why they don't just get rid of it when they recognize that it is the cause of their unhappiness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »