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The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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Hands Heart might
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Gunpowder Men Secret
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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God Religion Thinking
Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States

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