I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
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I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
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As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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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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There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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