"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."
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"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
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"The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance."
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"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
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"Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
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"It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."
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"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other."
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