"Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure."

Life, Afterlife, Day, Eyes, Man

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"Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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"Every country has the government it deserves."

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"Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free."

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"In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum."

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"A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none."

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"Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man."

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