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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is ...  
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!  
Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own d...  
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.  
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.  
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do an...  
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is i...  
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the compla...  
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entra...   Government
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; ...  
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.  
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It free...  
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory...  
Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.  
The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His...  
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.  
The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, ...  
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationar...  
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in ...  
There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when th...  
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient ab...  
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.  
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. Wha...  
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putt...  
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little b...  
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifesta...  
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling...  
You have to make it happen.