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Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
The first duty of a man is to think for himself”
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
To Educate is to Free.
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.
Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.
Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.
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