Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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