Quote #10

I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

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  1. Education is of far greater importance than heredity in forming character.
  2. I am a lover of liberty. I cannot and will not serve parties.
  3. Believe that you have it, and you have it!
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  6. It is the friendship of books that has made me perfectly happy.
  7. Indeed, a constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drud…
  8. The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

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