#owe

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#itself #jails #justice #killing #lands

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#expect #flowers #heart #how #shall

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#against #derision #divinity #follow #footsteps

I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

#because #celebrities #draw #get #i

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. ↗

— Andre Gide

#each #joy #line #loyalty #makes

I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are? ↗

— Emily Giffin

#been #change #does #i #intrigued

If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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Listen - of course money changes everything, but so does sunlight, and so does food: These are powerful but neutral energy sources, neither inherently good nor evil but shaped only by the way we use them. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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