Respect is tendered with pleasure only where it is not exacted.

~ Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

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Morality in the general is well enough known by men, but the particular refinements of virtue are unknown by most persons; thus the majority of parents, without knowing it and without intending it, give very bad examples to their children.

~ Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

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The expenses of government, having for their object the interests of all, should be borne by every one, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honoured in contributing to these expenses.

~ Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

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