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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

Baron de Montesquieu

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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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It is not the young people that degenerate they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.
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