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Ethics is the science of duties, and it's principles, perceived by reason, and revealed to us by conscience.

— Francisco Luís Gomes Essai sur la théorie de l'économie politique et de ses rapports avec la morale et le droit (1867)

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All impartial men who are moved by justice and not by racialism want India to be ruled by Indians.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

Being a good administrator and a bad politician, Pombal was not always a happy legislator.

Le marquis de Pombal (1869)

What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?

Os Brâmanes (1866)

Gambling is the contraction of all vices into one.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

His glory and greatness suffer from the wrongs he did his fellow men and from the methods he employed.

Le marquis de Pombal (1869)

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

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