I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.Charles de Montesquieu
The less men think, the more they talk.
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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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