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What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.

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There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Arguing People Religion
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical Reading
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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Favors Given May
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Divorce Given Moments
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Enough Kind Moral

What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.

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What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.

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