#mit

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#being #hate #i #lose #must

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#caused #contrary #example #first #good

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#acquire #admittedly #always #common #common thing

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#conquers #demolish #does #error #expect

We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men. ↗

— William H. Macy

#affairs #common #ladies #leading #men

Those people who shun us just because of the label we're on, or the fact that we've got a video out there that's getting us somewhere, are only limiting themselves, because they aren't keeping an open mind. ↗

— Joel Madden

#fact #getting #got #just #just because

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. ↗

— James Madison

#faculties #first #government #insuperable #interests

Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere. ↗

— James Madison

#anywhere #darkness #despotism #done #everywhere

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#committee #i #member #never #official

It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#just #new #pathway #previously #question