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All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
Letters On a Regicide Peace (1796)
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation (1769)
But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living.
He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block itself.
We have an enemy, to whose virtues we can owe nothing; but on this occasion we are infinitely obliged to one of his vices. We owe more to his insolence than to our own precaution.
Letters On a Regicide Peace (1796)