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• A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
• An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
• A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
• An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
• It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
• A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
• Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
• So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells…

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