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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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Your destiny is that of a man, your vows those of a god.

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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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The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

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Love truth, but pardon error.

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If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.

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

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A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

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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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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

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Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness.

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It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

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I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.

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We offer up prayers to god only because we have made him after our own image. We treat him like a pasha, or a sultan, who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.

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A witty saying proves nothing.

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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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Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day.

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You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

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Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

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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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