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- "Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, ..."
- "Distance is a great promoter of admiration! "
- "Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion ..."
- "Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other. "
- "From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. "
- "If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him. "
- "In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more ..."
- "It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is ..."
- "Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those ..."
- "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of ..."
- "Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African ..."
- "Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. "
- "People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you ..."
- "Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. "
- "Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories. "
- "The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are ..."
- "The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find. "
- "The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form ..."
- "The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old ..."
- "The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties ..."
- "There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest ..."
