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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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"If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do."
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"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."
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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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"In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect."
Food
"There is no real wealth but the labor of man."
Wealth
"Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker."
Money
"Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted."
Death
"Soul meets soul on lovers' lips."
Soul
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
Influence
"A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds."
Darkness
"The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself."
Pleasure
"Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay."
Government
"We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought."
Thought
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