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" In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. "

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" Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted. "

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" Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. "

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" It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. "

" Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. "

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