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

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Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.

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It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

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If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

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The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it is simple and intelligible to all capacities. But in philosophy, a student ought to doubt of the things he fancies he understands too easily, as much as of those he does not understand.

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This is no time to be making new enemies.

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When truth is evident, it is impossible for parties and factions to rise. There never has been a dispute as to whether there is daylight at noon.

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The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.

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

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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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Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.

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Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.

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

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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

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Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

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He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.

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It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.

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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.

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