“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”~John Selden English jurist John Selden was born on this day in 1584.
“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”~John Selden English jurist John Selden was born on this day in 1584.
“Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.”~Robert Walpole British statesman Robert Walpole was born on this day in 1676.
“Politics, as a practice, whatever its profession, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.”~Brooks Adams American attorney, historian, political scientist, and critic of capitalism, Brooks Adams was born on this day in 1848.
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