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Charles de Secondat

"Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature."

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"Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature."

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"In the history of the earth, the sun remains still."

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"His life was gentle and the elements So mixed in him that nature might stand up."

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"Keep the environment clean and the waters clear as crystal."

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"Let the beauty of sunrise, keep your heart warm."

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"Sometimes, humanity surprises me with all its lack of control over the primordial urges. These innate urges are the biological traits that make us similar to the rest of the animal kingdom. But the modern qualities that make us superior to all the animals are intellect and self-control."

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"Life is a natural phenomenon " and by mystifying it, one only disgraces its natural beauty."

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"Every flower displays its beautiful colours in autumn."

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"Neither humans nor the Gods that they have created are superior to old Mother Nature."

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"Every good tree shall bear fruits in the sacred season."

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"The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles."
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"There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked."
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"Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people."
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"Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty."
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"Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason."
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"I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there."
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"The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation."
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"Happy the people whose annals are tiresome."
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"There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves."
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