"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy."

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"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy."

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"Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome."

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"I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death."

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"All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain."

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"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation."

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"The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living."

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"Curiosity is the lust of the mind."

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