It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.

Author: William Hazlitt

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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

If I have not read a book before it is for all intents and purposes new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

You can fool some people sometimes, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.