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Durability is one of the chief elements of strength. Nothing is either loved or feared but that which is likely to endure.

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The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manners.

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A whole nation cannot rise above itself.

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There is a natural prejudice which prompts men to despise whomsoever has been their inferior long after he has become their equal.

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Under the absolute sway of an individual despot the body was attacked in order to subdue the soul, and the soul escaped the blows which were directed ...more

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What is called family pride is often founded on the illusion of self-love. A man wishes to perpetuate and immortalize himself.