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" When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. "
Honore de Balzac
Morals
Vice
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" Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. "
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" A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. "
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" What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended? "
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