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"Mankind, in all his lusts, punishes himself. The gods have to do very little."
"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."
"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity."
"An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind."
"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
"Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real."
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"There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint."
"Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss."
"I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city."
"I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice."
"A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings."
"Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds."
"Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community."
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