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It seems that our life increases when we can place it in the memory of others: It is a new life that we acquire and find precious.

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The talented man is naturally inclined to criticism, because he sees more things than other men and sees them better.

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The truth in one time is error in another.

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Democracy must guard against two excesses: the spirit of inequality, which leads to aristocracy, and the spirit of extreme equality, which leads to despotism.

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An injustice done to the individual is a threat to the entire society.

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Admirable maxim: not to speak of things until they are done.

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The law should be like death, which exempts no one.

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To be truly great, one must be with the people, not above them.

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The useless laws weaken the necessary ones.

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When death has equalized fortunes, funerals should not differentiate them.

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A man is not unhappy because of ambition, but because it devours him.

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Freedom consists of being able to do what one ought to do.

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