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Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the fanatics: they are sick men in delirium who want to chastise their doctors. Let us assuage their ills, and never embitter them, and let us pour drop by drop into their souls the divine balm of toleration, which they would reject with horror if it were offered to them all at once.

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Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

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

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Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.

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

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic.

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We cannot wish for that we know not.

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

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To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

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He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.

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Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

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

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A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.

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We only half live when we only half think.

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History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

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What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

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It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.

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God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

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There is a pleasure in not being pleased.

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