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> [Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/virtues-are-dangerous-as-vices-insofar-as-they-are-allowed-to-rule/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-diderot/the-arbitrary-rule-of-a-just-and-enlightened-prince-is-always-bad-his/)

[Denis Diderot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-diderot/)

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