He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.
—Richard Hooker
Topics: Revolution
When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.
—Richard Hooker
Topics: Best
Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.
—Richard Hooker
Topics: Change
There will come a time when three words, uttered with charity and meekness, shall receive a far more blessed reward than three thousand volumes written with disdainful sharpness of wit.
—Richard Hooker
To live by one man’s will becomes the cause of all misery.
—Richard Hooker
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