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“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.”

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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

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Men, in general, are not this or that, they are what they are made to be.

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I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.

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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.

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For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

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