Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.
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The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.
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The loss of the battle of Waterloo was the salvation of France
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I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.
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Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.
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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
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