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"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."
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"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."
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"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."
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"Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal."
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"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose."
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"Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so."
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"Nothing endures but personal qualities."
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"There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence."
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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
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"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable."
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"Nothing like a little judicious levity."
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"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."
Nothing
"There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves."
Education
"Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence."
Friendship
"Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge."
Knowledge
"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."
Life
"Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived."
Beauty
"It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom."
Life
"To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive."
Love
"Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding."
Rhetoric
"Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches."
Government
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