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Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.

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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

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All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

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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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The best way to be boring is to include everything.

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A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

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Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion

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Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

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He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

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We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

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When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

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I acknowledge that four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what our soul is.

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Dare to think for yourself.

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One feels like crawling on all fours after reading your work.

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The ear is the avenue to the heart.

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Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

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Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.

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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

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