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"I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians."
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"Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other."
Beauty
"Everything in the world is purchased by labor."
Labor
"Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue."
Man
"The law always limits every power it gives."
Power
"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
"That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise."
Certainty
"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."
Nothing
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."
Trust
"To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive."
Love
"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny."
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"Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use their enemies to challenge their arguments so that they can know the weak points in their own reasoning and how to argue for and strengthen their position. There are just none like one's enemies to always look for his mistakes and do it harder than anyone else."
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"Better is the enemy of good."
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"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."
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"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons."
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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
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"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."
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"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
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"Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good."
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"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us."
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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
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