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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
Freedom can occur only through education.
Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
Great souls suffer in silence.
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