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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

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Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.

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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

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Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks, how he walks, if he has ever walked, if he could walk better, what he achieves in walking .. questions that are tied to all the philosophical, psychological, and political systems which preoccupy the world.

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Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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Thrift is of great revenue.

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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

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Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

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The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.

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A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain; But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day.

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We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.

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The Gay Science, section 108

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The new statement will comprise the skepticisms, as well as the faiths of society, and out of unbeliefs a creed shall be formed. For, skepticisms are not gratuitous or lawless, but are limitations of the affirmative statement, and the new philosophy must take them in, and make affirmations outside of them, just as much as must include the oldest beliefs.

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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

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