James Ellis Quotes - Page 2

• An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

  James Ellis

  Men, Long, Paradise

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• True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the fool," but in noble, generous acts of honest purpose, where truth, honor, and virtue, and a nation's welfare, are dearer than life.

  James Ellis

  Loyalty, Greatness, Heroic Deeds

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• In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.

  James Ellis

  Winter, Naked, Majesty

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• Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.

  James Ellis

  Government, Hands, Justice

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• Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.

  James Ellis

  Wish, Lending

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