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"The less men think, the more they talk."
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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."
"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."
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"There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window."
"False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared."
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."
"In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state."
"If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are."
"An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations."
"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."
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