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A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

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The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.

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

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In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

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The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

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It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.

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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.

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Minds differ still more than faces.

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Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

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It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.

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The way to be a bore is to say everything.

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If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.

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The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

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The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

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Being a bird ain't all about flying and shitting from high places.

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I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts. What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us, and hug him close to our bosoms till he has gnawed into our hearts?

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No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.

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There are no sects in geometry.

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Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.

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