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Principles of Morals and Legislation

By Jeremy Bentham

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“...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency”

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Themes: Impermanence

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“all punishment in itself is evil”

Chapters: 74. The Great Executioner

Themes: Punishment

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“Every day will allow you, will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others or to diminish something of their pains.”

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Themes: Compassion

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“Every law is an infraction of liberty.”

Chapters: 75. Greed

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“He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks… If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.”

Chapters: 65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness

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“It is vain to talk of the interest of the community without understanding what is the interest of the individual.”

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“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure… They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think.”

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Themes: Pleasure

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“Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.”

Chapters: 47. Effortless Success

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“Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.”

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Themes: Government

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