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The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

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The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.

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

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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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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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It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

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Why are the Jews hated? It is the inevitable result of their laws; they either have to conquer everybody or be hated by the whole human race.

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Friends should be preferred to kings.

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Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

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What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all steeped in weaknesses and errors: Let us forgive one another's follies, it is the first law of nature.

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It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

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Who are you, Nature? I live in you; for fifty years I have been seeking you, and I have not found you yet.

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

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It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

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Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

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Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

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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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What is not in nature can never be true.

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