I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
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You have to study a great deal to know a little.Charles de Secondat
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
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