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Every nation has the government it deserves.
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Every nation gets the government it deserves.
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A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.
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There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.
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If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.
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Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain.
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All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.
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It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
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The error of certain women is to imagine that, to acquire distinction, they must imitate the manners of men.
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In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.
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False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.
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We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.
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Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.
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People change and forget to tell each other. Too bad –causes so many mistakes.
Lillian Hellman
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Born:
April 1, 1753
Died:
February 26, 1821
(aged 67)
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