Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.
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God is related to the universe, as Creator and Preserver the laws by which He created all things are those by which He preserves them.
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death.
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