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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

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I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

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It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

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Perfect is the enemy of good.

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Religion may be purified. This great work was begun two hundred years ago: but men can only bear light to come in upon them by degrees.

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In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice.

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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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Wine is the divine juice of September.

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Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation...Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can procure digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep.

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Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

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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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Love truth, and pardon error.

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I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher.

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Let us cultivate our garden.

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A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.

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The only way to see the value of a play is to see it acted.

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Man is free the moment he wants to be.

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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

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