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" The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. "

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" To hold a pen is to be at war. "

" The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. "

" We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. "

" Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. "

" 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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" Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. "

" I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. "

" In every author let us distinguish the man from his works. "

" Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes. "

" The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. "

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" He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. "

" He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first. "

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" The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work. "