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The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

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Custom, law bent my first years to the religion of the happy Muslims. I see it too clearly: the care taken of our childhood forms our feelings, our habits, our belief. By the Ganges I would have been a slave of the false gods, a Christian in Paris, a Muslim here.

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Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at the end of my garden. I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer; 'Here's a fine structure,' said the mole, 'it must have been a very powerful mole who did this work.' 'You're joking,' said the cockchafer; 'it's a cockchafer full of genius who is the architect of this building.' From that moment I resolved never to argue.

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

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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

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The malevolence of men revealed itself to his mind in all of its ugliness

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Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

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God created women only to tame men.

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Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

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Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are.

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

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Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

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Theology is to religion what poisons are to food.

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

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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

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