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If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

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Being a bird ain't all about flying and shitting from high places.

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The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.

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had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

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God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

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

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He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

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If God did not exist, he would have to be invented.

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To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts. What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us, and hug him close to our bosoms till he has gnawed into our hearts?

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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.

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The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do.

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Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.

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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

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We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.

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We must cultivate our own garden.

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