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“Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804)”
“If political authority is not limited, the division of powers, ordinarily the guarantee of freedom, becomes a danger and a scourge.”
“Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.”
“Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever! Woe to him who even in the arms of some mistress who has just yielded to him maintains an awaren...”
“The actions of government, we are told, bear down only on imprudent souls who provoke them. The man who resigns himself and keeps silent is always safe. Reassured by this worthless and specious arg...”
