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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily

Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. – Victor Hugo

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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. – Oscar Wilde

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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. – Saint Augustine

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