He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.
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It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide through any long period of time. To oblige them to act and live together is to subject them to some inevitable potion of thwarting bickering and unhappiness.
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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
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