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I also know that we should cultivate our gardens.

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In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

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The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.

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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

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Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.

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We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.

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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

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Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

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Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.

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History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.

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It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the cryphal or apocryphal books of the Old and New Testaments, put them all pell-mell on an altar, and the books to be rejected fell to the ground. It is a pity that this eloquent procedure has not survived.

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We are all guilty of the good we did not do

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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace

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Perfect is the enemy of good.

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The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.

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Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

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Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

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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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Everyone places his good where he can and has as much of it as he can, in his own way.

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You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.

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