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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

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Good order is the foundation of all things.

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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

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Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

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There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.

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Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.

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A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

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To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.

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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

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Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.

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So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

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