Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
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Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.Denis Diderot
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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