The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
Posterity is always just.
At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.
If there wasn't a God we would have to invent one to keep people sane.
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.