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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

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I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
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But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.
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I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs
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I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
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These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal!
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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Some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.
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Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
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Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power
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Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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