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" Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers. "
Voltaire
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" Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. "
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" Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. "
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" Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. "
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" Tears are the silent language of grief. "
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" I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. "
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" All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God. "
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" It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. "
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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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" Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. "
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" I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. "
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" All styles are good except the tiresome kind. "
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" By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. "
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" Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. "
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" Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. "
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" Injustice in the end produces independence. "
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" Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. "
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" If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated. "
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