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In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

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Men will commit atrocities as long as they believe absurdities.

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Let each of us boldly and honestly say: How little it is that I really know!

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

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No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.

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You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.

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The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

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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 recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.

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What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason.

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It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

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You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which most completely subjugated the human mind and annihilated reason.

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All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

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Let us cultivate our garden.

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We cannot wish for that we know not.

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

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Men who have seen life and death... as an unbroken continuum, the swinging pendulum, have been able to move as freely into death as they walked through life. Socrates went to the grave almost perplexed by his companions' tears.

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Writing is the painting of the voice.

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