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Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
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Everyone has his besetting sin.
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Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.
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The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.
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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.
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That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.
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