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" Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief. "

" One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. "

" A selfish man is a thief. "

" He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas. "

" To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. "

" Charm is a product of the unexpected. "

" 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. "

" Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love. "

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

" Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing. "

" In truth, men speak too much of danger. "

" If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour. "