May the friends of America rejoice! May her enemies be humbled and her censors silenced at the news of her noble exertions in continuance of those principles which have placed her so high in the annals of history and among the nations of the earth.


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A multitude of little superfluous precautions engender here a population of deputies and sub-officia...
MARQUIS DE CUSTINE
I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Co...
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Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.
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A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views
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Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.
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Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as po...
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'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abol...
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Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.
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Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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Those who think they have no need of others become unreasonable.
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Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
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We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, an...
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I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and th...
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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others
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My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, wit...
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Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather...
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Necessity delivers us from the embarrassment of choice
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All men are born truthful,and die liars.
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All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with ...
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Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of...
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The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most ...
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Anything beyond the limits and grasp of the human mind is either illusion or futility; and because y...
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It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
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Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of whic...
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All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
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“All creatures are born isolated and have no need of one another."
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To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simp...
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It is only by enlarging the scope of one's tastes and one's fantasies, by sacrificing everything to ...
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The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpleton...
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In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
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The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind
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'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolitio...
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Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
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Few maxims are true in every respect
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More are taken in by hope than by cunning
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More fortunes are made by energy than prudence
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We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
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The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.
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