I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. - Hugo Grotius

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The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable and worthy of unbearable nostalgia.

Hugo Grotius

I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.

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A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason

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Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.

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By understanding many things, I have accomplished nothing.

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A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages.

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Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.

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