Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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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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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.
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Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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