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According to man's environment, society has made as many different types of men as there are varieties in zoology. The differences between a soldier, a workman, a statesman, a tradesman, a sailor, a poet, a pauper and a priest, are more difficult to seize, but quite considerable as the differences between a wolf, a lion, an ass, a crow, a sea-calf, a sheep, and so on
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one
The society of women is the foundation of good manners
One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional characters, except among people of culture and wit
The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast
Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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