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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.

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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

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Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land.

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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

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Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.

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