Algernon Sidney Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

18 Famous Quotes by Algernon Sidney
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“God helps those who help themselves.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“The day is short, the work is much.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“He told me once The saddest thing that can befall the soul, Is when it loses faith in God and woman, For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems, Though the world's throne stood open in my path, I would go wandering back into my childhood, Searching for them with tears.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“He will go back to the old faith he learnt Beside his mother's knee.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“The peasant thanked her with their tears, When food and clothes were given; "This is a joy," the lady said, "Saints cannot taste in heaven."”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“Where liberty is, there is my country.”
Patriotism Quotes
Source: Algernon, his motto
“God helps those who help themselves.”
Help Quotes
Source: Discourse Concerning Government (ch. II, pt. XXIII)
“Liars need to have good memories.”
Lies Quotes
“If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of jus”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Liars ought to have good memories”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Liars need to have good memories.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.”
Miscellaneous Quotes