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"An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind."
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"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind."
"Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real."
"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."
"One sees a blatant disregard for the precious souls of mankind."
"A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind."
"The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments."
"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity."
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"The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything."
"Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world."
"The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other."
"A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment."
"A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life."
"A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it."
"It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations."
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