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Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom.

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Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.

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A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages.

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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
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Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius
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Born: April 10, 1583
Died: August 28, 1645 (aged 62)
Bio: Hugo Grotius, also known as Huig de Groot or Hugo de Groot, was a Dutch jurist. Along with the earlier works of Francisco de Vitoria and Alberico Gentili, Grotius laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law.
Known for:
  1. On the Law of War and Peace (1625)
  2. Mare Liberum (1609)
  3. The truth of the Christian religion
  4. On the rights of war and peace
  5. Commentary on the law of prize and booty

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