He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things.
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