The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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