Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
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I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
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The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
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