In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.
In a well governed state, ...
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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences.
It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
