The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection.
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Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.
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The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves
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There is a courageous wisdom there is also a false reptile prudence, the result, not of caution, but of fear.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
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