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The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.

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The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

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Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

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Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.

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Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

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All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.

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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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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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Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.

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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

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Fear could never make virtue.

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

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Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at the end of my garden. I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer; 'Here's a fine structure,' said the mole, 'it must have been a very powerful mole who did this work.' 'You're joking,' said the cockchafer; 'it's a cockchafer full of genius who is the architect of this building.' From that moment I resolved never to argue.

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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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He is lifeless that is faultless.

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If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

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Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

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Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

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Pleasure has its time; so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.

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