“My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.”
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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
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I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.
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Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
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