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If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
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It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.
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They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.
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There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
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There is no thing which God cannot accomplish.
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No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.
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It is generally said, Past labors are pleasant, Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, The recollection of past labors is pleasant. [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.
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Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge
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What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?
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It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.
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For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.
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That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone then they boast that they have spared him!
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What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.
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The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.
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If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.
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Long life is denied us therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.
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As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.
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The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.
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