Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

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The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

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We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.

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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.

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To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.

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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

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It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.

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