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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."

"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."

"In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad."
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"Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own."

"They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women."

"It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted."

"This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions."

"A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself."

"No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority."

"Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence."
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