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It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little about his structure. It would need eternity to learn something about his soul. It takes an instant to kill him.

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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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Almost all life depends on probabilities.

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

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

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Men argue. Nature acts.

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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

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The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.

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Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation...Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can procure digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep.

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We are rarely proud when we are alone.

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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

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To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.

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Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

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The more you know, the less sure you are.

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Self love is the instrument of our preservation.

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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

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Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

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The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.

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It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

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