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I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.
Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.
The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"
The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
Man's best support is a very dear friend.
The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.
Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat._x000D__x000D_Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
To freemen, threats are impotent.
No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality.
O tempora! O mores!_x000D__x000D_O what times (are these)! what morals!
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
Hatred is settled anger.
Hatred is inveterate anger.
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
A letter does not blush.
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
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