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  ...even speak well of them if they find themselves on the weakest side, for they have no influence; and thus they will speak ill of them in company.
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_Ferox gens, nullam esse vitam sine armis rati._[73]--They prefer death to peace; others prefer death to war.
Every opinion may be held preferable to life, the love of which is so strong and so natural.[74]
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Contradiction: contempt for our existence, to die for nothing, hatred of our existence.
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_Pursuits._- The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.  
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Noble deeds are most estimable when hidden. When I see some of these in history (as p. 184)[75], they please me greatly. But after all they have not been quite hidden, since they have been known; and though people have done what they could to hide them, the little publication of them spoils all, for what was best in them was the wish to hide them.
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Sneezing absorbs all the functions of the soul, as well as work does; but we do not draw therefrom the same conclusions...   Pascal, Blaise

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