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"Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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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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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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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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"There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves."
Education
"Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence."
Friendship
"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."
Life
"It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom."
Life
"Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding."
Rhetoric
"Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches."
Government
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."
Trust
"Men often act knowingly against their interest."
Man
"This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society."
Friendship
"The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason."
Morality
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