Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions, concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

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Time heals griefs and quarrels for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offend

Time heals griefs and quarrels for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other sid

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Imagination decides everything.

Imagination decides everything.

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