There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.Charles de Secondat
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.
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Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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