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Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.

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As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

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The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men, repented of having made them, and drowned them once for all to make them better - an act which, as we all know, was accompanied by the greatest success.

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The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.

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The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

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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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Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

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Learn to cultivate your own garden.

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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

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

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Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

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Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France.

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Happiness is a good that nature sells us.

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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

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Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.

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There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.

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