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Tears are the silent language of grief.

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

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He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.

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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

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Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.

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Observe that noses were made to wear spectacles; and so we have spectacles. Legs were visibly instituted to be breeched, and we have breeches. Stones were formed to be quarried and to build castles; and My Lord has a very noble castle; the greatest Baron in the province should have the best house; and as pigs were made to be eaten, we eat pork all year round; consequently, those who have asserted all is well talk nonsense; they ought to have said that all is for the best.

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It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

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Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

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The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.

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A good imitation is the most perfect originality

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The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous.

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The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

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God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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