15/28 Even concubinage has been corrupted--by marriage. He who exults at the stake, does not triumph over pain, but because of the fact that he does not feel pain where he expected it. When we have to change an opinion about any one, we charge heavily to his account the inconvenience he thereby causes us. A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at six or seven great men .-- Yes, and then to get round them. |