What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
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The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force. It is immaterial whether this force be founded upon ownership of the slave or ownership of the money that he must get to live.
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War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.
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Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.
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