Society Is The Union Of Men And

In Vain Do We Seek Tranquility In The Desert; Temptations Are Always With Us; Our Passions, Represented By The Demons, Never Let Us Alone: Those Monsters Created By The Heart, Those Illusions Produced By The Mind, Those Vain Specters That Are Our Errors And Our Lies Always Appear Before Us To Seduce Us; They Attack Us Even In Our Fasting Or Our Mortifications, In Other Words, In Our Very Strength.

If I Knew Of Something That Could Serve My Nation But Would Ruin Another, I Would Not Propose It To My Prince, For I Am First A Man And Only Then A Frenchman... Because I Am Necessarily A Man, And Only Accidentally Am I French.

In Constitutional States, Liberty Is Compensation For Heavy Taxes; In Dictatorships, The Subsititue Is Light Taxes.

The History Of Commerce Is That Of The Communication Of The People.

I Have Read Descriptions Of Paradise That Would Make Any Sensible Person Stop Wanting To Go There.