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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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Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

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

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How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!

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Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.

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The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

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The best is the enemy of the good.

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

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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

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Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing superstition, and love those who love you.

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A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.

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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

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Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.

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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

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We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

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Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.

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Writing is the painting of the voice.

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