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What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs? [Lat., Quid enim est melius quam memoria recte factorum, et libertate contentum negligere humana?]


Cesare di Bonesana Beccaria

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Bu herkesçe biline.
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DI CAVOUR sincere love that makes her beloved one happy
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