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/ page 1162 of 1205 /We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
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Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
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I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
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Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
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Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
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