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You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.

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Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing

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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

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Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

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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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He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.

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

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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.

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Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.

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The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.

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Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

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The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.

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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

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What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason.

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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.

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Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

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Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.

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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.

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Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.

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