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There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.

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It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

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Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself.

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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

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We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results.

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History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.

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Nature has always had more force than education.

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must - if ignorance has so far prevailed that this name can still be spoken in all seriousness without being taken as a synonym for rapine and carnage. Every sensible man, every honourable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

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Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

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The best way to be boring is to include everything.

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No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

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To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

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Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

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The atheists are for the most part imprudent and misguided scholars who reason badly who, not being able to understand the Creation, the origin of evil, and other difficulties, have recourse to the hypothesis the eternity of things and of inevitability.

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History is the study of the world's crime

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The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do.

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The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

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Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.

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