Liu Ji 劉基
mid-14th century · late Yuan China · early Ming China · The orange seller's answer, pointing at high officials, when blamed for selling oranges that are fine only on the outside
And where can one go and not find them: gold and jade on the outside, rotten cotton within?
又何往而不金玉其外，敗絮其中也哉？"The Words of the Orange Seller"
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Tacitus Cornelius Tacitus
AD 98 · Rome · Written as the speech of the Caledonian chieftain Calgacus, facing the Roman army
To plunder, to slaughter, to rob, they call by the false name of empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.
Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominibus imperium, atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.Agricola 30
John Stuart Mill
1859 · London, England
If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
On Liberty, chapter 2
Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Brontë
1847 · Haworth, Yorkshire, England · The governess Jane, to the master of the house who tries to hold her
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.
Jane Eyre
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