銆€銆€A fig then for England! If I do not admire
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銆€銆€Take away Time is money, what remains of England?
銆€銆€Take away Cotton is king, what remains of America?
銆€銆€Germany is the lymph, Italy is the bile. Shall we go into ecstasies over Russia?
銆€銆€Voltaire admired it.
銆€銆€He also admired China.
銆€銆€I admit that Russia has its beauties, among others, a stout despotism; but I pity the
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銆€銆€Their health is delicate. A decapitated Alexis, a poignarded Peter, a strangled Paul, another Paul crushed flat with kicks, divers Ivans strangled, with their throats cut, numerous Nicholases and Basils poisoned, all this indicates that the palace of the Emperors of Russia is in a condition of flagrant insalubrity.
銆€銆€All civilized peoples offer this detail to the admiration of the thinker; war; now, war, civilized war, exhausts
Nike High Heels and sums up all the forms of ruffianism, from the brigandage of the Trabuceros in the gorges of Mont Jaxa to the marauding of the Comanche Indians in the Doubtful Pass. `Bah!' you will say to me, `but Europe is certainly better than Asia?' I admit that Asia is a farce; but I do not precisely see what you find to laugh at in the Grand
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銆€銆€Gentlemen of the human race, I tell you, not a bit of it!
銆€銆€It is at Brussels that the most beer is consumed, at Stockholm the most brandy, at Madrid the most chocolate, at
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銆€銆€Paris carries the day, in short. In Paris, even the rag-pickers are sybarites; Diogenes would have loved to be a rag-picker of the Place Maubert better than to be a philosopher at the Piraeus.
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