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“What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.”

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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude.

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