“Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other.”
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Benjamin Constant
Benjamin Constant was a French politician and philosopher, born on October 25, 1767, and died on December 8, 1830. He was a witness and participant in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, known for his profound thoughts on freedom, democracy, and constitutionalism. more
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