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- There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. — Victor Hugo
- I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Henry David Thoreau
- Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much. — Benjamin Jowett
- We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. — Benjamin Jowett
- My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you. — Benjamin Jowett