Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance...the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason

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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude...we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves

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Constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go

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You have to study a great deal to know a little

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There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice

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Useless laws weaken the necessary laws

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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight

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There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window

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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion

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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions

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