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It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

Demosthenes (1756). “All the orations of Demosthenes, pronounced to excite the Athenians against Philip King of Macedon: Translated into English; digested and connected, so as to form a regular history of the progress of the Macedonian power: with notes historical and critical. By Thomas Leland, ...”, p.26

Everything of worth is found full of difficulties.

John Smith (1819). “The trve travels, adventures and observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: beginning about the yeere 1593, and continued to this present 1629 ... from the London ed. of 1629”, p.155

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.

Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.107, Harmony

Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

"How Do You Say ‘Billionaire’ in Esperanto?" by Alison Leigh Cowan, cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com. December 16, 2010.

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population: Illustrated”, p.14, eKitap Projesi