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Although Born In A Prosperous Realm, We Did Not Believe That Its Boundaries Should Limit Our Knowledge, And That The Lore Of The East Should Alone Enlighten Us.

There Is No One, Says Another, Whom Fortune Does Not Visit Once In His Life; But When She Does Not Find Him Ready To Receive Her, She Walks In At The Door, And Flies Out At The Window.

As Virtue Is Necessary In A Republic, And Honor In A Monarchy, Fear Is What Is Required In A Despotism. As For Virtue, It Is Not At All Necessary, And Honor Would Be Dangerous There.

In Bodies Moved, The Motion Is Received, Increased, Diminished, Or Lost, According To The Relations Of The Quantity Of Matter And Velocity; Each Diversity Is Uniformity, Each Change Is Constancy.

The Sublimity Of Administration Consists In Knowing The Proper Degree Of Power That Should Be Exerted On Different Occasions.