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"To govern mankind, one must not overrate them."
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"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."
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"Sickness is mankind's greatest defect."
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"The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind."
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"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes."
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"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity."
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"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind."
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"If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures."
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"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
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"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
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"It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all."
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"He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves."
People
"Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends."
Friendship
"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh."
People
"In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge."
Religion
"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones."
Mind
"Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings."
Man
"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
Business
"Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded."
Truth
"Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked."
Time
"Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health."
Health
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