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When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.

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Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.

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One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.

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Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.

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If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.

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Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.

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Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.

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It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

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The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.

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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

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The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

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Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

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God created sex. Priests created marriage.

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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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Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.

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Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.

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The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.

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The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible to make way.

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All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.

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