The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.Samuel Johnson
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
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One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.
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