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But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.

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I believe that there never was a creator of a philosophical system who did not confess at the end of his life that he had wasted his time. It must be admitted that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men that the inventors of syllogisms. He who imagined a ship towers considerably above him who imagined innate ideas.

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If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

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The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week.

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All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.

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A good imitation is the most perfect originality

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What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

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I also know that we should cultivate our gardens.

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Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)

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my soul is the mirror of the universe, and my body is its frame

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The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all law, all party, all religion.

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Will is wish, and liberty is power.

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Almost all life depends on probabilities.

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If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

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All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

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The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.

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I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.

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There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind

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He is lifeless that is faultless.

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