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Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

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In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.

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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

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It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

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If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.

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There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.

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Almost all life depends on probabilities.

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Luxury has been railed at for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and it has always been loved.

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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

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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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It is not a mistress I have lost but half of myself, a soul for which my soul seems to have been made.

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It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.

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

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He who seeks truth should be of no country.

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This is no time to be making new enemies.

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

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‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

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It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?

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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

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True power and true politeness are above vanity.

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