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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

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

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True power and true politeness are above vanity.

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The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous.

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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

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In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

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He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

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The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.

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Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.

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You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!

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History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

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Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.

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The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

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Happiness is a good that nature sells us.

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The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.

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If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

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

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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 admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads.

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