Quote #198

We must not obstinately contend against circumstances, but rather let us obey them. We have many projects in life but little determination.

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  1. We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
  2. We must not take up arms for vain prospects of grandeur, nor the allurements of conquest.
  3. We cannot escape from the arbitrariness of the judge, unless we place ourselves under the despotism of the law.
  4. We must take things as we find them, and not as we wish them to be.
  5. Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
  6. We walk faster when we walk alone.
  7. War is the business of barbarians.
  8. When he who measures the duration of life has pronounced his secret, all the sciences of humanity are but useless essays.

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