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The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and...
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What luck for rulers that men do not think.
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I felt that I had done my duty. Nothing drove me now. I had...
Quote #26657
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
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Personally, I’m in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society...
Quote #3660
Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we...
Quote #25237
In a general way, we try to anticipate some of your questions so that...
Quote #32348
As long as I’m faced in the right direction, It does not matter the...
Quote #33521
Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted...
Quote #15574
The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human...