#very

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

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#arms #cannot #composite #every #follow

I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#album #charts #classical #could #countries

In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#home #i #ideal #ideal world #spend

Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. ↗

— Rene Magritte

#another #everything #hidden #hides #see

If I'm in a social situation sometimes I'll hang back and observe people but I feel very much a part of things most of the time and feel very comfortable socializing and have for most of my life. ↗

— Tobey Maguire

#comfortable #feel #hang #i #i feel

Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence. ↗

— Bill Maher

#american movie #based #book #comic #comic book

I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. ↗

— Bill Maher

#capital #capital punishment #every #great #i

I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed. ↗

— Bill Maher

#amp #being #bout #concerned #day

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#employ #everyone #i #i am #meet