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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
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The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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