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Parents fear the destruction of natural affection in their children. What is this natural principle so liable to decay? Habit is a second nature, which destroys the first. Why is not custom nature? I suspect that this nature itself is but a first custom, as custom is a second nature.

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Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.

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We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search.

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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

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We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers.

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Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

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