The spirit of politeness is a desire to bring about by our words and manners, that others may be pleased with us and with themselves.
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An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on boring future generations.
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Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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