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The tyrant "has desires which he is utterly unable to satisfy, and has more wants than any one, and is truly poor, if you know how to inspect the whole soul of him: all his life long he is beset with fear and is full of convulsions, and distractions, even as the State which he resembles."
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Origin of the Adage "The President Proposes, but Congress Disposes"
The origin of the adage "The president proposes but the Congress disposes" appears to be a variation on Thomas von Kempen's ImitationofChrist, Book I, ch. 19, circa 1418:
