“ To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. ”
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“ If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. ”
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“ There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. ”
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“ There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. ”
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“ I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. ”
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“ If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ”
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“ There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. ”
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