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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

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Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

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What the philosopher is seeking is not truth, but rather the metamorphosis of the world into man.

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What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.

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Laws are silent in time of war.

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The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

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One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away.

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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

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for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use

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Philosophical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from concepts ; mathematical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from the construction of concepts.

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

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From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.

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Nature does nothing in vain.

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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

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The connection between our knowledge and the abyss of being is still real, and the explication must be not less magnificent.

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If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?

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cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened.

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The word of man is the most durable of all material.

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