Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

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When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

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However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

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The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

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Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

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