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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

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What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

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Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

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We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results.

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If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.

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

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Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

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Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.

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Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more determined application of rationally organized expertise... The reality is that our problems are largely the product of that application.

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Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people.

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This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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I also know that we should cultivate our gardens.

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Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.

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We adore, we invoke, we seek to appease, only that which we fear.

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My life is a struggle.

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History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

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He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity.

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If you want to kill Christianity you must abolish Sunday.

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If it's too silly to be said, it can always be sung.

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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.

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