"To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties."
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"A born king is a very rare being."
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"Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable."
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"In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is fine and just."
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"To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life."
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"Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god."
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"But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live."
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"We lose all that time which we might employ better."
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