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Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day.

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Observe that noses were made to wear spectacles; and so we have spectacles. Legs were visibly instituted to be breeched, and we have breeches. Stones were formed to be quarried and to build castles; and My Lord has a very noble castle; the greatest Baron in the province should have the best house; and as pigs were made to be eaten, we eat pork all year round; consequently, those who have asserted all is well talk nonsense; they ought to have said that all is for the best.

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

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He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity.

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It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

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To succeed in chaining the multitude, you must seem to wear the same fetters.

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Theology is to religion what poisons are to food.

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One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.

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It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an infallible secret for preventing earthquakes.

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Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

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History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

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Happiness is not the portion of man.

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True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

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The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.

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God created woman to tame man.

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.

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The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.

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