From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
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In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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Trust your heart rather than your head.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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