Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

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It is said that God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.

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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

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The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

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May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

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It is new fancy rathert than taste which produces so many new fashions.

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Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

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