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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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A false science makes atheists, a true science prostrates men before the Deity

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Prejudice is opinion without judgement.

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My life is a struggle.

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Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.

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Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.

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The superfluous is the most necessary.

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I swear that, not being able to be yours, I will belong to no one.

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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

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The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

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Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?

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Where there is friendship, there is our natural soil.

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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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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

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The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.

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A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

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It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.

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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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All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

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