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Kings Do With Men As With Pieces Of Money; They Give Them What Value They Please, And We Are Obliged To Receive Them At Their Current And Not At Their Real Value.

More Men Are Guilty Of Treason Through Weakness Than Any Studied Design To Betray.

We Do Not Wish Ardently For What We Desire Only Through Reason.

We Forget Our Faults Easily When They Are Known To Ourselves Alone.

The Good Or The Bad Fortune Of Men Depends Not Less Upon Their Own Dispositions Than Upon Fortune.