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“Example, whether it be good or bad, has a most wonderful influence.
“Well done is better than well said.
“A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people; but if a king let his people fall, then is he no longer a king.
“How can she reasonably love a Man who is always using his Power against her?
“What is important is not to have been without fault, but to have risen again.
“Long live the king, but death to bad government!
“The progress of reason contributes to the progress of virtue.
“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
“I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
“Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses, except the intellect itself.
“The spring sea rises and falls all day, rising and falling.
“Delay is preferable to error.
“Have the courage to use your own understanding.
“The unity of government is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence.
“Nature has made man happy and good, but society corrupts him.
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
“Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body.
“Lost time is never found again.
“The happiness of others is often a duty before it is a pleasure.
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.