It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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Let no one oppose this belief of mine with that well-worn proverb 'He who builds on the people builds on mud.
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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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