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"It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too."
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"He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men."
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"Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones."
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"When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung."
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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
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"And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold."
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"Hungry men don't ask, they take."
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"I don't sleep with happily married men."
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"What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men."
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"What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them."
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"Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows."
Wealth
"Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion."
Gallantry
"He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure."
Peace
"Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same."
May
"Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts."
Change
"People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything."
Quality
"All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing."
History
"Love is often the fruit of marriage."
Love
"It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right."
Right
"It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all."
Public
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