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"Why should a man have any apprehension about the change and dissolution of all the elements? For it is according to nature, and nothing is evil which is according to nature."
"A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow."
"The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion."
"I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence."
"Anger should never appear in awarding punishment."
"Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]"
"War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace."
"The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible."
"Our liberality should not exceed our ability."
"The EU should help the emergence of "organized multipolarity" in the currently non-polar world."
"I still think Ned Beatty should've played Don Corleone."
"Maybe the Kindle was the Bowflex of bookishness: something expensive that, when you commit to it, forces you to do more of whatever it is you think you should be doing more of."
"Why should I care? I have all the money in the world."
"You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected."
"There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between"
"Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time."
"Those who play with fire should expect to be consumed by it."
"My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings."
"If I'm going to merely ramble, maybe I should just snuggle under the warm covers, think of Miu, and play with myself."
"We acknowledge that we should not talk of our wives; but we seem not to know that we should talk still less of ourselves."
