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Happiness is not the portion of man.

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Almost all life depends on probabilities.

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Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people.

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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

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Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote.

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The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

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It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

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It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?

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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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

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An infallible method of making fanatics is to persuade before you instruct.

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I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.

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One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.

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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

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He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

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Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.

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God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.

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A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

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