This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.
Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.
Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.
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The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.