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"A company of tyrants is inaccessible to all seductions." ------------------------- "A witty saying proves nothing." ------------------------- "All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God." ------------------------- "All styles are good except the tiresome kind." ------------------------- "All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women." ------------------------- "An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination." ------------------------- "Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." ------------------------- "Anything too stupid to be said is sung." ------------------------- "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." ------------------------- "As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities." ------------------------- "Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law."
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"A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends." ------------------------- "As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so." ------------------------- "Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance." ------------------------- "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." ------------------------- "Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back." ------------------------- "Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone." ------------------------- "Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop."
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"A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties." ------------------------- "Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion." ------------------------- "With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined." ------------------------- "The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution."
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"Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand." ------------------------- "I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them." ------------------------- "The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak" ------------------------- "Happiness is a virtue, not its reward" ------------------------- "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
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"In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back." ------------------------- "Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed." ------------------------- "I love mankind; it's people I can't stand." ------------------------- "Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life." ------------------------- "It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere." ------------------------- "Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed." ------------------------- "Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up." ------------------------- "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
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