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"To govern mankind, one must not overrate them."
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"The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments."
"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind."
"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind."
"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."
"Mankind, in all his lusts, punishes himself. The gods have to do very little."
"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes."
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"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."
"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."
"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
"The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it."
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