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Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

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The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

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We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads.

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The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

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The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic.

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Descartes constructed as noble a road of science, from the point at which he found geometry to that to which he carried it, as Newton himself did after him. ... He carried this spirit of geometry and invention into optics, which under him became a completely new art.

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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

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Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.

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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.

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A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.

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What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

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Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

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To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!

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Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

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The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

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It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

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Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.

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