What a man is depends on his character but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.
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I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 American as 99 an idiot. And they adore me.
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The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.
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