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"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments."
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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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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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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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"Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."
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"Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."
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"There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn."
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"The chief glory of every people arises from its authors."
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"Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed."
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"Power is not sufficient evidence of truth."
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"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments."
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"Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home."
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