The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
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The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
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The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.
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Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
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