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Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.

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This is no time to be making new enemies.

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Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the fanatics: they are sick men in delirium who want to chastise their doctors. Let us assuage their ills, and never embitter them, and let us pour drop by drop into their souls the divine balm of toleration, which they would reject with horror if it were offered to them all at once.

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Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

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What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.

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The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.

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The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you."

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my soul is the mirror of the universe, and my body is its frame

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As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

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The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.

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

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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

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It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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God has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest.

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Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.

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A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

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But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

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Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?

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