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| Barthold Georg Niebuhr Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life. | Originality |
| 2 | I saw a delicate flower had grown up two feet high between the horses' feet and the wheel track. An inch more to the right or left had sealed its fate, or an inch higher. Yet it lived to flourish, and never knew the danger it incurred. It did not borrow trouble, nor invite an evil fate by apprehending it. | Danger |
| 3 | Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible. | Democracy |
| 4 | Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. | Family |
| 5 | The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men. | Politician |
| 6 | God give me the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed; Give me courage to change things which must be changed; And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other. | Prayer |
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