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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

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There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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Citizens Men Naked
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship
When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded.
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Corruption Degrees Government
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth

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