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Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.


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The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.



Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.



It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.



Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.



The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.



To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.



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Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.



The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.



The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.



Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.





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