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I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.

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The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.

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I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.

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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

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Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

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Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness.

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

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I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.

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Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world." "Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense." "If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

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You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.

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Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

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The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.

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Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life.

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The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them.

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Self love is the instrument of our preservation.

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

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Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.

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Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

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