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" Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. "

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" But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove. "

" To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft. "

" Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. "

" Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. "

" We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from. "

" It is the duty of man to raise up man. "

" A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel. "

" A grain of poetry suffices to season a century. "

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" Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect. "

" The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest. "

" Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. "

" He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical. "

" To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly. "

" Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness. "

" There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so. "

" Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist. "

" Charm is a product of the unexpected. "

" Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all. "

" But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible. "

" Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men. "

" Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright. "

" The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts of their women. "

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