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"It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."
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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."
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"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
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"Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world."
War

"If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble."
Literature

"Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong."
Politics

"Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away."
Man

"If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat."
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"One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life."
Life

"Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience."
Experience

"One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day."
Religion

"Life has no meaning, the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal."
Philosophy

"Certain details, somewhat curtailed, live in my memory. But I don't see anything anymore: I can search the past in vain, I can only find these scraps of images and I am not sure what they represent, whether they are memories or just fiction."
Memory
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