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It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

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Masked, I advance.
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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
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I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto ‘to live well you must live unseen’.
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