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The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

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The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

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Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

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Everyone places his good where he can and has as much of it as he can, in his own way.

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We only half live when we only half think.

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

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It is amusing that a virtue is made of the vice of chastity; and it's a pretty odd sort of chastity at that, which leads men straight into the sin of Onan, and girls to the waning of their color.

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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

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Work is often the father of pleasure.

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History is fables agreed upon.

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Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

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There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?

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I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

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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 loved him as we always love the first time: with idolatry and wild passion.

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A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.

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The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

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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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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

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