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People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
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Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
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He who leaves the game wins it.
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Most anthologists of poetry or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters, first picking the best and ending by eating everything.
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
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Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.
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One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be idiocy because it has been able to appeal to the majority
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Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
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Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.
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