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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

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It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.

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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

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He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

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This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.

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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

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Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

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There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.

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Men argue. Nature acts.

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Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.

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Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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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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Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.

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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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Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.

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The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew.

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In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.

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A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

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