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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat. ↗

— Sophocles

#ever #impediment #treaty

And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no. ↗

— David Plouffe

#back #class #congress #could #dream

The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans? ↗

— David Plouffe

#american people #construction #continue #create #economy

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. ↗

— Plutarch

#achieve #change #inwardly #outer #reality

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. ↗

— Plutarch

#between #fatal #imbalance #most #oldest

We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away. ↗

— Plutarch

#creatures #household #like #living #living creatures

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker. ↗

— Plutarch

#disposition #mind #seen #speaker #state

Character is simply habit long continued. ↗

— Plutarch

#continued #habit #long #simply

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. ↗

— Plutarch

#chance #clay #ever #fortune #left

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. ↗

— Plutarch

#little #many #more #overcome #perseverance