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We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one than the other. This astonishes our dimension of brains, which is only about six inches long, five broad, and six in depth, in the largest heads.

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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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Every beauty, when out of it's place, is a beauty no longer.

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The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.

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We are all guilty of the good we did not do

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Man is free the moment he wants to be.

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Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.

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The road to the heart is the ear

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Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

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A small number of choice books are sufficient.

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

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No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as our lives.

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To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

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This is no time to be making new enemies.

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If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their swindles, compel some feeble spirits to deny the God whom these monsters dishonour?

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Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

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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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The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.

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We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.

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